Thin and flexible displays have get the spotlight at CES 2013 with the debut of the PaperTab-- a flexible and thin tablet that looks and feels like a sheet of paper.
A collaboration between eReader maker Plastic Logic, Intel and the Queen's University Human Media Lab, the PaperTab is a 10.7-inch prototype running on a Core i5 processor with a black and white display.
While capable of running by itself, the CES prototype is designed for collaborative use-- multiple PaperTabs share a work area through position awareness, with each unit running a single app.
Sharing data between PaperTabs involves touching devices with each other and one can create a larger display by simply laying 2 devices next to each other.
The flexible display is not just for show-- bending the screen flicks through documents or controls video, while a "dog ear" gesture sends out emails.
The PaperTab has no actual release date as yet, and Plastic Logic is also looking for companies interested in making use of the flexible display technology.
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