http://www.metafilter.com/tags/E-paper Posts tagged with 'E-paper' at MetaFilter. Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:01:22 -0800 Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:01:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/31974/New%2DEBook%2DReader <a href="http://www.eink.com/news/releases/pr70.html">E-paper to make its consumer debut.</a> A little Cambridge, MA firm called <a href="http://www.eink.com">E-Ink </a>is teaming up with 2 global partners (<a href="http://www.philips.com">Philips</a> and <a href="http://www.sony.com">Sony</a>) to introduce next month "the world's first consumer application of an <a href="http://www.eink.com/news/images/SONY_Reader_1000EP.jpg">electronic paper display module</a>." The size of a paperback book, it will allow storage of the equivalent of 500 books, and display of up to 10,000 pages on a single set of batteries. The <a href="http://www.eink.com/technology/index.html">display technology </a>comes closer to the appearance of a printed page than any previous electronic display. The <a href="http://www.eink.com/company/future.html">future of this technology</a>: "'expressive surfaces'-intelligent displays that are built right into everyday products." At the research level it is already capable of <a href="http://www.nature.com/nsu/030922/030922-10.html">displaying color video.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.31974 Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:01:22 -0800 E-book E-ink electronics E-paper Philips Sony beagle