Comment Re:Sounds cool (Score 1) 174
I think e-paper like this has definite uses for researchers or anyone else who needs to read, and more importantly add notes to printed text. My desk at university, and to be honest half of my house, is covered in printed academic papers and other research material. Theoretically I could read all of these on my laptop or PC but it's just so much easier to read from paper, and a break from staring at a glaring computer screen. Also I tend to highlight lots of text and add a tone of scribbled notes on each sheet which I find is easier and faster than annotating on screen.
If I could have say 3 A4 sheets of this e-paper I would be able to just a single sheet of 'paper' in each of my working locations. This would mean access to limitless pages of research, on a screen that presumably will be very similar to reading it on paper, and the ability to highlight and add notes stored electronically. The fact it's flexible I hope means it will be pretty durable and I'll be able to carry it about with me, shove it in a bag, whatever.
But really whatever happens with this technology think of the amount of paper it will save, and so trees, and so the world...everyone's a winner, except paper companies.