For a long time, the paperless office has been beckoning us with the prospect of an uncluttered workplace.
Against which is the sheer convenience of a sheet of paper!
The plaques appear to be an attempt to reconcile the two: a paper like web interface that is as cheap to produce.
Novel References
A background feature throughout the novel. First reference is in a scene with Dr Angela Wolling wehre a colleague leaves through a stack of them cluttering up her desk
Plus ca change...!
Status
Likely. However, I suspect there would be one or two per person: you can stack windows on a desktop, can't you?
Reality
Prototype 'flexible' screen technology has existed for some time. Current contender being OLED. A better match may be with electronic ink, which has low power requirements, but which is also very slow to refresh.
References
Links to anything in the literature to back up the discussion.
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