The 'real' Daily Prophet

I heard on the grapevine, from some Harry Potter-loving friends of mine, that the real Daily Prophet is being invented.  For those of you who have escaped Potter mania and are not in the know, the Daily Prophet is the most widely read and distributed tabloid across the wizarding world, complete with moving words and pictures.  So I did a bit of digging to see if the rumours were true…

…And while us muggles cannot expect to receive this magical newspaper any time soon, the concept is infact being worked upon by teams both across America and at Cambridge University.  They have been using revolutionary technology to produce the ‘world’s first flexible electronic screen’ according to a report in the Times entitled ‘Moving newspaper on flexible screen to be launched within months'.  Designed to compete with e-books available on computers and phones, the “intelligent plastic” display can be recharged and regularly updated.  However it seems for the moment that this new technology needs a little more developing to produce colour as well as black and white versions.  I found this clip on YouTube ‘The REAL daily prophet’ which speculates on the use of these electronic screens in not only newspapers, but windscreens and spectacles alike!  The short clip is quite extraordinary with incredible advances in technology, the stuff of which films are made.  Although not set to be launched for a few years yet…this is definitely one to watch this space!