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Bridgestone Creates Touch-Sensitive Flexible E-Paper

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Bridgestone, maker's of the world's first e-paper, are doing their part to make the world a little bit more cyberpunk. They announced today that they have developed a 13.1” touch sensitive piece of e-paper. This new e-paper is capable of displaying 4,096 colors and can refresh entirely in 0.8 seconds. Tech-On reports that the device is capable of communicating with some sort of handheld gadget, possibly even a smartphone.

Posted on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:13:44 CDT | by Robert Evans

Bridgestone Super Bowl 2009 Space Vehicle Ad is also funny

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Bridgestone had two Super Bowl 2009 commercials. The Taters Super Bowl ad is very funny and features Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head. The second Bridgestone is set in space and features some hot space vehicle driving action and a funny ending.
Both Bridgestone ads are currently in the lead in the voting at SpotBowl. Read more

Posted on Sun, 1 Feb 2009 23:49:38 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Bridgestone Super Bowl 2009 Commercials stars the Taters

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Bridgestone is a big spender at the Super Bowl XLIII tomorrow as they sponsor the Super Bowl Half Time show starring the Boss and running two great ads.
In the Bridgestone Taters Super Bowl 2009 Ad Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, make their Super Bowl debut. The classic Hasbro toy characters take a ride in their convertible on a picturesque mountain road. Suddenly, Sheeeeep! See the drama unfold for the Taters between the first and second quarters of the game. Read more

Posted on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:28:23 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Bridgestone shows new .29mm Flexible Color e-Paper

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Bridgestone shows their latest flexible color e-paper this week at the FPD International in Yokohama, Japan.

In 2006 Bridgestone showed a flexible color e-paper that only supported two colors. One year later Bridgestone managed to develop a flexible color e-paper with 4,096 colors. Read more

Posted on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New 'E-Paper' Shown Off By Bridgestone

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Bridgestone (yes, the tire company) recently announced its QR-LPD electronic paper. With a dual-color display and measuring in at a slim 1/4 millimeter thick, it is dubbed the world's thinnest sheet of electronic paper for its particular specifications.

These so-called "e-paper" creations are not entirely new, but it is always cool to see a new entry into this rapidly growing new area of technology. Read more

Posted on Fri, 2 Jun 2006 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Bridgestone Invents new ultra-thin Displays

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Photo Nikkei.Net Bridgestone known for Car Tires is entering the display market with new proprietary technology.

Technology that Bridgestone uses in tire manufacturing help create liquid powder displays as thin as 0.25 millimeter. Those are much thinner than liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and plasma displays.

The first commercial application of the black and white displays with a screen size of 4.5 inches and thickness of 1 mm will be electronic tag displaying prices, product names and other information such as photos of where the product was made. Production starts end of 2005.
More details on Nikkei.Net (subscription) and on Reuters.

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