No-power Boogie Board LCD tablet wants to replace paper

No-power Boogie Board LCD tablet wants to replace paper

Kent Displays has been working on its no-power reflex LCD for a while now, but now the company has sprouted a new arm — Improv Electronics — and that arm is clutching the new Boogie Board LCD Writing Tablet.

It's not a tablet computer meant to take on Apple's upcoming offering or HP's Slate. Instead, it's a clip you can write on and erase on its pressure-sensitive display, and it only uses power — from a watch battery — when it needs to erase. It's good for 50,000 erase cycles, the company says. [Read more...]