There’s a lot we can do to save the environment: recycle, drive less, use less electricity, etc. You can also buy Amazon’s Kindle and cancel the newspaper and magazine (the ones that uses actual paper) subscriptions. You can also bring down the demand for paper-based books. Just the other day I was watching a documentary [...]

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E Ink and Esquire will be starting something special together. In the September issue of Esquire, there will be a flashing electronic cover stating, “The 21st Centure Begins Now”. The text blinks because it is an electronic display enabled by E Ink’s technology. E Ink technology enables such prominent devices [...]

As of this writing, Amazon’s Kindle is the number 2 best selling item in the Electronics department at Amazon.com. The Amazon Kindle is an e-book reader that incorporates an electronic paper display (EPD) based on E Ink’s technology. Not only that the Kindle allows for almost instant gratification as it has a persistent EV-DO connection [...]

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On May 9, 2008, E Ink announced its next generation electronic paper display technology called segmented display cells (SDC). The SDC products are simple digit, icon and alpha-numeric displays that feature a paper-thin form factor that consumes very little power and can be easily read. The SDC displays use the same E [...]

During the FPD China 2008 flat panel display show, LG Display debuted its 12″ black-and-white and 14.3″ color flexible display products. LGD is expected to volume manufacture these flexible displays later in 2008. The flexible displays make use of an ultra-thin steel foil on a plastic substrate that allows them to be flexible.


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Amazon’s Kindle
Size: 6″
Pixel Format: 600 x 800
Gray: 4 levels
Technology: Electro-phoretic, bistable nematic
Price: $399

Amazon has come out with its own-branded e-book reader called Kindle. The Kindle has a 6″ electro-phoretic display (EPD) also called a bistable nematic display (binem) or electronic paper display (also EPD). The EPD is made by Taiwan’s Prime View International (PVI). [...]