BusinessWeek Online has taken a look down the digital photography road and shows us an item that is in the concept stage but none the less very impressive. Lunar Design’s MicroMedia Paper — is a highly visual, rather than text-driven, concept. Playing on the idea of the postcard and the snapshot photo, Lunar, a 21-year-old San Francisco Bay-area company whose clients include Motorola, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell, conceived of MicroMedia Paper as a basic digital-media player.
Geared to consumers who might be unfamiliar with up-to-the-minute devices like the video iPod, the device is intended to be easy to use and affordable. (The designers envision that a “pack” of MicroMedia Paper would retail for only $35.) Here’s how it works: Images (still or video) and music can be downloaded wirelessly via Bluetooth to sheets of MicroMedia Paper. You use controls that echo those found on the typical VCR interface (play, fast-forward, etc.) to navigate with ease. [Next Generation Lunar Design MicroMedia Electronic Paper Displays Digital Photos]
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