digital ink

Here you go, Todd - digital ink for the future. I remember news of this coming out as a technical possibility back about 3 or 4 years ago, and then last year they finally came out with this prototype. The main company trying to make a living off of the concept is E*Ink which has some very cool looking things starting to come out. This is one of those concepts that will make all sorts of other things possible eventually even though the initial things being produced aren't particularly revolutionary. Just yesterday the Weather Wizard was blogged on engadget. I suppose they would be more impressive in person where you could flex the material and be impressed by the luminosity (they really like that word). But I'm still hanging in there because when it does come around... just think - full size classroom wall maps that can be edited by the company that produced them, and they just update on the wall!