Bridgestone develops flexible e-book reader

Bridgestone predominantly makes tyres but they have a penchant to develop technologies related to e-paper. They have shown couple of innovative e-paper technologies in the past and now they’ve unveiled an e-book reader that is unlike Kindle and the likes. This prototype features a flexible e-paper, effectively allowing the reader to bend to some extent. The reader measures up 10.7-inches in size with a thickness of 5.8mm.

Bridgestone for some reason, won’t release it in the market but will test with consumers from next year.

[Via Crunchgear]

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