Researchers at Queen’s University have developed a flexible paper computer named Paper-Tab that will transform the way we work with tablet and computer.
The Paper-Tab tablet looks and feels just like a sheet of paper. However, it is fully interactive with a flexible, high-resolution plastic display, a flexible touchscreen, and a second generation Intel Core i5 processor. Instead of using several application or windows on a single display, users have ten or more interactive displays or “paper-tabs”: one for each computer application. Using several Paper-Tabs makes it much easier to work with multiple documents. Within five to ten years, most computers, from ultra-notebooks to tablets, will look and feel just like these sheets of printed color paper.
The Paper-Tab tablet looks and feels just like a sheet of paper. However, it is fully interactive with a flexible, high-resolution plastic display, a flexible touchscreen, and a second generation Intel Core i5 processor. Instead of using several application or windows on a single display, users have ten or more interactive displays or “paper-tabs”: one for each computer application. Using several Paper-Tabs makes it much easier to work with multiple documents. Within five to ten years, most computers, from ultra-notebooks to tablets, will look and feel just like these sheets of printed color paper.
Paper tab’s plastic display is completely transformational in terms of user interaction that allows a natural human interaction with electronic paper. Being lighter, thinner and more robust compared with today’s standard glass-based displays; this is just one example of the innovative revolutionary products that are possible with the use of flexible displays.
PaperTab’s intuitive interface allows a user to send a photo simply by tapping the one Paper-Tab (having the photo) on the other Paper Tab (having the email application). The email can then be sent by bending the top corner of the Paper Tab’s display. Similarly, a larger drawing or display surface can be created simply by placing two or more Paper-Tabs side by side. Paper-Tab thus imitates the natural handling of multiple sheets of paper by combining thin-film display, thin-film input and computing technologies through intuitive interaction design. Paper-Tab can file and display thousands of paper documents, replacing the need for a computer monitor and stacks of papers. Unlike traditional tablets, PaperTabs keep track of their location relative to each other and the user, thereby providing a seamless experience across all applications, as if they were physical computer windows. For example, when a PaperTab is placed outside of reach of the user, it displays the thumbnail overview of a document, just like icons on a computer desktop and when the uses picks up or touches the PaperTab, it switches back to a full screen page view, just like an opened window of a computer. Paper-Tabs are lightweight and robust, so they can easily be tossed around on a desk while providing a magazine-like reading experience. By bending one side of the Paper Tab’s display, users can also navigate through pages like a magazine, without needing to press a button.
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