Comments on: Digital Clock as Thin as Paper

by: Billy Goat

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:59:39 +0000

Every damn board on this thing has annoyed me.
Especially the guy who suggested it as wall paper as his own idea when he obviously read it somewhere else.and it doesnt run on regular batteries.most e-ink and e-paper concepts run on either solar power or some form of kinetic energy converter.and the last post before me about energy consumtion.read about the new power supplies for industrial computer systems and mechanical devices, even DVD players and mobile phones, then talk about a power saving.its only a clock display.how much power do you think it uses in the first place.

by: Edward Teague

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:41:32 +0000

Imagine if every video, DVD, cooker, microwave - anything with time display used this technology. Energy saving would be massive.e.r Microwave used at full power for 5 minutes per day uses more energy dispalyign time in a year than on cooking. How many such displays in your home / office / school ?

Display energy status of batteries say on fire alarms, etc., many possibilities.

Citizan make solar powered ECO watches already with analogue electric power driven display.

by: horgboy

Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:58:47 +0000

is it that light that it will blow away????
time will then fly huh lol

by: David

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:53:56 +0000

Anyone ever took apart a Polaroid film cartridge? Voila! Thin battery! They’ve got others that go almost paper thin (realistically, 1-2mm), too.

Realistically, you can just run the entire clock off a thin watch battery or two, as well.

by: Rasputin

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 01:24:45 +0000

Imagine if you could have it couloured and then used it as wall paper?

by: Ian

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:13:00 +0000

Guy Macon, must not be looking very hard.
Havent you seen the Sony LibriÃ©?

by: MWeed

Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:19:28 +0000

Could this be used with an adhesive back like a sticker?

by: Bose-Einstein-Kondensat

Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:23:24 +0000

> Good luck finding a paper-thin battery to power itâ€¦

Not that hard…

well, nut really paper thin, but if you have thick paper this is true.

I’ve seen something on tv some years ago, where they had batterys made of 2 layers of some plastic. you could even cut out the amount of power-storage-place you needed with a scissor, connect each layer to a wire, and there you go…
It was totally flexibe. So you could easily glue it behind the display, print something on the backside (cool design, color, logo) and there you have your watch.
nor we only need some paper-thin radio-controlled clock-chip.

by: Guy Macon

Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:39:49 +0000

Good luck finding a paper-thin battery to power it…

Also, Upcoming E-ink products have been announced every year since 2000, but (as of 2006) I still have not seen any actual product for sale.

by: Anonymous Coward

Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:33:35 +0000

Check out http://www.eink.com/ for more information about the display technology.

by: mail mail

Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:38:38 +0000

Just what we need — another clock that needs setting.

by: Daniel

Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:21:19 +0000

I would seriously want to own one of these, especialy if they come in watch formats.

by: Training Guy

Sun, 19 Jun 2005 06:48:18 +0000

This looks awesome are there any more pictures anywhere?