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Re: CBC article "Don't write off electronic paper"



Yes, this is what I mentioned awhile back; I'm glad to see it wasn't just my 
imagination.  Hopefully it won't play havoc with the eyes...

--Andy H.


>CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - A new
>technology promises to make electronic
>screens easier to read.

[Moderator: "Electronic ink" was also mentioned on this list in 1999,
 and papers and articles on the topic date back to at least 1997.  See
 http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/363/jacobson.html
 for an early technical report on the idea, or 
 http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.05/ff_digitalink_pr.html for
 a Wired article the same year (which in turn mentions a variation of
 the idea from the 1970s at Xerox PARC).  E Ink's press release on its
 recently improved display (the subject of the CBC stury) can be found for
 the time being at http://www.eink.com/company/hotnews.shtml - JMO]