Electronic Paper's Next Chapter.

The article focuses on electronic paper technology for use in consumer electronic devices, such as electronic books. The author mentions that the biggest technological challenge is the electronic paper color displays. He suggests that new technology is necessary to render better-quality color inexpe...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 52; no. 11; pp. 15 - 18
Autor principal: Kroeker, Kirk L.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Nov2009
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Sumario:The article focuses on electronic paper technology for use in consumer electronic devices, such as electronic books. The author mentions that the biggest technological challenge is the electronic paper color displays. He suggests that new technology is necessary to render better-quality color inexpensively as well as to show moving images and other displays. The author discusses research into electronic paper technology including that by Prime View International, the company that manufactures the Amazon Kindle; Plastic Logic; and Philips Research.