The end. » kindle http://www.susanfitzgerald.com/blog Observing the decline of the old, and the birth of the new media. As well as a few business models along the way. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:36:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Paper or plastic? http://www.susanfitzgerald.com/blog/2008/09/25/paper-or-plastic-media/ http://www.susanfitzgerald.com/blog/2008/09/25/paper-or-plastic-media/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:07:47 +0000 admin http://www.susanfitzgerald.com/blog/?p=22 Soon you’ll have to choose. As digits continue their march into our lives, some of them are going to feel much more like the old paper media. And paper does have it’s advantages.

We’re familiar with Kindle and the other new media readers, but now plastic is getting even closer to paper. Check out these videos on the future of paper. Thank you YouTube. Don’t miss the last one in this posting.

Here’s CNET.com’s take on the Kindle

This is a prototype from PlasticLogic:

More from PlasticLogic:

 

A report from New Tang Dynasty TV on the green aspects of this new technology that is wildly popular in Japan:

Video on paper — this is from Sony:

This is Readius from Polymer Vision:

From the Human Media Lab at Queen’s University in Canada:

Who thought that paper could be made from digits?

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