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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

I Want to Have Twins Just to Get Them These Awesome T-Shirts [T-shirts]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Txiye0e7P3k/i-want-to-have-twins-just-to-get-them-these-awesome-t+shirts

So cute, those two and their t-shirts. Mine would say cmd + c and cmd + v, however. [The Daily What]

Xerox Develops Ink To Print Circuits On Nearly Anything [Printable Circuits]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/k1Uzvr-oZSc/xerox-develops-ink-to-print-circuits-on-nearly-anything

Wearable electronics aren't news, but being able to make them cheaply and easily is. Xerox has developed an ink with which you can print circuits onto plastic, film, fabric, and nearly anything you can think of.

From more durable, flexible electronics to nifty, wearable gear to cheap, throw away gadgets, the possible applications will be endless the day Xerox's "silver bullet" ink hits the market. Despite the lack of details on when that'll actually happen or what sort of equipment will be required for the actual printing process, I'm already daydreaming about pants with all sorts of gadgetry built in. [Venture Beat]

Bridgestone announces flexible touchscreen color e-reader

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/bridgestone-announces-flexible-touchscreen-color-e-reader/

When we heard word of a "big announcement" back in July we imagined an e-reader of some sort, but what is it that we have here? Based on a technology Bridgestone calls Quick-response Liquid Powder, the company's all-color touchscreen e-book reader is about 5.8mm thick, features a 13.1-inch touch-sensitive e-paper display (with 4,096 colors and a refresh rate of about 0.8 seconds), and some sort of unspecified mobile phone connectivity. Most exciting, of course, is that the entire package -- circuit board, touchscreen, and housing -- are designed to bend together. A neat trick, sure, but probably not too practical for jotting down notes with your stylus. Still, we'd take two. Trials begin at the Kansai Urban Banking Corp early next year, but you can check it out sooner at FPD International 2009 in Yokohama City, Japan, starting tomorrow.

[Via Tech-On]

Filed under: Displays, Handhelds

Bridgestone announces flexible touchscreen color e-reader originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC HD2 fulfills its unboxing obligations on video

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/htc-hd2-fulfills-its-unboxing-obligations-on-video/

You've already seen the HD2 that HTC would have you see, but now it's time to take the obligatory journey to the world of unboxings. Seen here in "not-yet-final" packaging, the WinMo 6.5-packin' handset looks sexier than ever, even in that still-to-be-tweaked green box. Hop on past the break and mash play if you're looking to get all sorts of jealous this morning.

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Filed under: Cellphones

HTC HD2 fulfills its unboxing obligations on video originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Liquavista's e-reader displays do video, color and other magic tricks (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/27/liquavistas-e-reader-displays-do-video-and-color-video/

Liquavista's been kicking around in the shadows for years now, and while its stuff has largely been viewed as vaporware, the video waiting for you just past the break changes everything. The company has today revealed three new e-reader display technologies that it's working on, and all three of 'em are in prototype form ready to wow. LiquavistaBright aims to speed up page refreshes on e-book readers and add support for video playback, and considering just how awful web browsing is on existing e-ink displays, we can hardly wait to surf on this stuff. It's also toiling away on a LiquavistaColor screen, which is exactly what you think it is. Finally, there's the elusive LiquavistaVivid, which is planned for "product implementation" throughout 2010 and 2011. Hit the read link if you're down for looking into the future, and be sure to tell PixelQi its main competition has just come out in a big way.

Gallery: Liquavista's e-reader displays do video and color (video)