Interesting finds

July 23, 2008

New Lemur

Filed under: Beautiful World — thewere42 @ 9:15 pm

One of my favorite critters – the Lemur – A new population of wrinkly-faced, bamboo-eating lemurs has been found in a swampy region of east-central Madagascar.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080722-lemur-photo.html

Electronic Ink finally making it somewhere real.

Filed under: Technology — Tags: — thewere42 @ 9:12 pm

The idae of electronic ink (e-Ink) is great, a superthin display, the remembers when you turn it off and updates like a computer, prefect for digital magazines and electronic books.   Well finally e-ink will be appearing in a real magazine publication – not that I read Esquire magazine, but the idea is good.

E Ink responsible for Esquire’s flashing magazine cover
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/e-ink-responsible-for-esquires-flashing-magazine-cover/

And with luck maybe we will have color soon – Fujitsu to launch FLEPia color e-ink e-books in the fall
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/14/fujitsu-to-launch-flepia-color-e-ink-e-books-in-the-fall/

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