LinkNotes: Plastic Logic’s E-Newspaper Reader

2008-09-13

Plastic Logic’s E-Newspaper Reader

Plastic Logic has developed a new full page e-reader with a thin and flexible plastic display. The device, designed for reading business documents, as well as books and magazines, was demonstrated this week the DEMO technology convention.

Clipped from: TG Daily - VIDEO – A closer look at Plastic Logic’s Kindle killer

VIDEO - A closer look at Plastic Logic’s Kindle killer

San Diego (CA) – Two days ago in San Diego, Plastic Logic wowed DEMO fall 08 attendees with its full-page electronic reader that was as thin as a pad of paper. Available next year, this reader can easily display Microsoft Office, PDF and other documents. It also has a touch-screen that lets users annotate documents by either drawing with their fingers or by tapping on a pop-up keyboard. But how will this reader compete with the Amazon Kindle? We talked to Plastic Logic’s marketing team to find out.

Clipped from: New E-Newspaper Reader Echoes Look of the Paper - NYTimes.com

New E-Newspaper Reader Echoes Look of the Paper

The Plastic Logic reader, left, has a screen the size of a sheet of paper for a copy machine. Center, Sony’s eReader; right, Amazon.com’s Kindle. The Plastic Logic device, which is yet to be named, can be updated wirelessly and store hundreds of pages of documents.

Clipped from: Plastic Logic Company

Technology for plastic electronics on thin and flexible plastic substrates was developed at Cambridge University’s renowned Cavendish Laboratory in the 1990s. In 2000, Plastic Logic was spun out of Cavendish Laboratory to develop a broad range of products using the plastic electronics technology.
The Plastic Logic approach solves the critical issue in manufacturing high resolution transistor arrays on flexible plastic substrates by using a low temperature process without mask alignment. The process, much simpler than conventional amorphous silicon processes, uses an eclectic mix of standard production equipment from display manufacturing and other industries.

Plastic Logic's flexible backplane is combined with a frontplane material (e.g. electronic paper) to make a flexible display.