I did my current event on an article from Foxnews.com titled "Tech Breakthrough Could Mean Disposable E-Readers" (found here: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/28/tech-breakthrough-mean-disposable-e-readers/). Basically the article discusses a new ink-like technology called "electrowetting" which would allow a flexible piece of organic/disposable paper to contain multiple pages. This is similar to E-readers such as the Kindle, except it is not as fragile or expensive. Dr. Steckl claims that this is the future of electronic paper and believes that in 3-5 there will be a prototype on the market. The technology of electrowetting is even said to be capable of containing video. With all this being said, this technology could completely change the way books/magazines/newspapers, etc. are sold and distributed throughout the world.
While talking with the class I wondered how people would feel disposing of a piece of paper with this kind of technology contained in it. Most people gave the same answer that I believed to be true myself: It seems pretty wild/strange now, but if the product is organic and mass produced I guess it would be easy to get used to.
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