YOUR Forest Review news and adverts could come to you simply by waving an electronic wand over a sheet of re-usable paper if an exciting development by Forest firm Xerox becomes widely available.
"Electronic paper – or E-paper – has the potential to combine some of the best features of a paper, but is an entrirely reusable resource," said spokesman Joe Kelly, adding that you can even swat flies with it.
Transmissions from a newsroom to a hand held wand will be able to digitally update the contents while the reader is watching.
"You would be surprised how close we are to bringing this technology into use," he told The Review.
"Reading a newspaper in crowded places like the underground will respect other people's space, and council paper collection boxes could be thrown away. Newstands and paper boys will be a thing of the past!"
He saw other useful applications for the paper such as updatable school textbooks and wall-size whiteboards, posters and displays.
"E-paper is the latest manifestation of Xerox's groundbreaking efforts to extend document solutions to its customers and further blur the line between the digital and paper worlds," said Mr Kelly.
"This initiative combines Xerox's leading edge technology with 3M's extensive manufacturing experience – an ideal pairing to establish a market-leading technology."
As a reusable product, however, it would drastically cut the need to make wood-based paper and would save more trees, even if it did put newsboys out of jobs.
He was unable to say whether the development would mean more jobs in the future for Xerox.