Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Post a) e-paper



Illustration: An e-book reader that uses the e-paper technology


This blog is intended to discuss the e-paper related topics, such as the technology, the products, the application, etc.

E-paper is the abbreviation of Electronic Paper; it is also called Electronic Ink Display. In simple word, e-paper is a new display method to imitate the appearance of traditional ink on traditional paper on electronic intermediates.

E-paper is different from traditional computer monitors. Traditional computer monitors need backlight to illuminate it display, while, e-paper will reflect light in the same way as traditional paper, even better, it allow the user to write text and draw images on it, and keep the text and drawing for later usage.

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlight

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