UK: Web developer Liquivista to create full-colour e-paper with audio and video

Posted by Alisa Zykova on October 3, 2008 at 9:18 AM

Cambridge-based firm Liquivista announces that it will be developing electronic newspapers over the next three years, with £12 million backing the project. The web developer plans to build full-color interactive e-paper reader that will resemble an A4 piece of paper and will feature audio and video content, according to the Press Gazette.

"The dream is of a device allowing readers to upload a newspaper in the morning, then update editorial content as the day goes on, perhaps using a mobile phone or wireless connection," says The Guardian's Richard Wray.

However, one setback to such a device is that existing wireless internet connections may not be as effective for downloading large files such as newspapers. Wray goes on to say, "Just think of the time and cost of downloading all those hi-res imagines - and videos - clogging up the airwaves."

Source: Press Gazette

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