The Kindle is awesome but there could be a very disrupter on the horizon - Plastic Logic powered books.    There is a lot to love about the Kindle, the screen is easy on the eyes, access to a huge library and the battery life.  But it still lacks the tactile experience of a book.  That could now change with the introduction of E Ink from Plastic Logic which is a spin-off company from Cambridge University’s Cavendish Laboratory and specializes in polymer transistors and electronics.

The principal product the company has developed is a flexible plastic electronic display the thickness of a credit-card.   The Plastic Logic approach solves the critical issue in manufacturing high resolution transistor arrays on flexible plastic substrates by using a low temperature process without mask alignment. The process, much simpler than conventional amorphous silicon processes, uses an eclectic mix of standard production equipment from display manufacturing and other industries.

You can see a demo of this very cool technology.  Later this year they will be announcing their eReader and publsiher platforms.  We think it will be a page turner!

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Well I guess I am outlier as NYT called it grotesque and Tree Hugger says “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”  Well, I love it as it appeals to both my obtuse styling sensibility and interest in clean advanced technologies.

Debuting at the LA Auto Show, this concept car is not another gas-guzzling autrocity (pun intended).  The car is a combination of the Honda racing technology and and their relatively recent interest in fuel cells.  Coming in at 135HP it will be no match for Tesla’s 300HP might.

Honda has been at the fuel cell game since 1999.  The basic concept is that a hydrogen fuel cell powering an electric engine.  The technology is certified Zero Emissions  - no green house gasses or other toxic stuff just a little water vapor coming off this machine.  Honda has a production version of their fuel cell called the FCX Clarity that is being leased in southern California which is pretty great so long as you live and work near one of the 3 (sic) hydrogen stations in LA.   Given the availability of fuel. don’t expect me to be driving one soon.

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