The Kindle is awesome but there could be a very disrupter on the horizon - Plastic Logic powered books.    There is a lot to love about the Kindle, the screen is easy on the eyes, access to a huge library and the battery life.  But it still lacks the tactile experience of a book.  That could now change with the introduction of E Ink from Plastic Logic which is a spin-off company from Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory and specializes in polymer transistors and electronics.

The principal product the company has developed is a flexible plastic electronic display the thickness of a credit-card.   The Plastic Logic approach solves the critical issue in manufacturing high resolution transistor arrays on flexible plastic substrates by using a low temperature process without mask alignment. The process, much simpler than conventional amorphous silicon processes, uses an eclectic mix of standard production equipment from display manufacturing and other industries.

You can see a demo of this very cool technology.  Later this year they will be announcing their eReader and publsiher platforms.  We think it will be a page turner!

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