Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Amazon Kindle, E Ink, E Ink Corporation, Esquire, Ford Flex, Hardware, KDDI, Peripherals
TECHNOLOGY
As part of its 75th anniversary the October issue of Esquire will be the first magazine ever to embed a revolutionary digital technology – electronic paper – into a mass-produced print product. When the issue appears on newsstands in September, words and images will scroll across the flexible electronic paper display cover developed in partnership with the Ford Flex Crossover and electronic paper display creator E Ink Corporation. Ford will feature its Ford Flex on the inside cover utilizing the same E Ink Vizplex flexible display technology in a double-page advertisement. E Ink, which also worked on Amazon’s Kindle eBook, will produce a run of 100,000 issues with the special cover. (Cynopsis 7/28)
Pantel is planning a three-model line of mirror TVs designed for the outdoors or in bathrooms, showers and saunas, according to the company. The 20-, 32- and 42-inch sets are water-resistant and double as mirrors when turned off. (TWICE 7/25)
Japanese cell phone carriers have introduced fitness-related services to devices that mimic features found on exercise equipment, such as KDDI’s Au unit, which measures calories burned, steps taken and distance covered. The phones incorporate motion-sensor technology with GPS tracking to monitor and store workout information for later analysis on a computer. (Network World/IDG News Service 7/28)
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