ePaper

The topic that I chose to do is known as e-paper or electronic paper.


 * __E-PAPER__**

Electronic paper, also called e-paper, is display technology designed to mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper. Unlike a conventional flat panel display which uses a backlight to illuminate its pixels, electronic paper reflects light like ordinary paper. It is capable of holding text and images indefinitely without drawing electricity, while allowing the image to be changed later.(1)

To build e-paper, several different technologies exist, some using plastic substrate and electronics so that the display is flexible. E-paper is considered more comfortable to read than conventional displays. This is due to the stable image, which does not need to be refreshed constantly, the wider viewing angle, and the fact that it uses reflected ambient light. While it is lightweight and durable, it still lacks good color reproduction. The contrast ratio in common devices as of 2008 might be described as similar to dirty newspaper, though newly-developed implementations are slightly better.(1)

If you would want to use this e-paper technology you can go to a daily online e-paper catolog at [|www.epapercatalog.com]. I think this is a good way to inform people about the the news and other events that are going on. I think that this is a much quicker way. I believe this because it's much faster to post something onto the internet then it is to print it out to thousands or papers or letters and send them. With it being like this, once it is posted up on the internet it will only take a few minutes for viewers to see it.

Many countries use this on a universal website where anyone can go and look at whats happening around the world.

In a step toward electronic newspapers and wearable computer screens, scientists have came up with a thin screen that can be bent, twisted and even rolled up and still display clear text. The material, only as thick as three human hairs, displays black text on a whitish-gray background with a resolution similar to that of a typical laptop computer screen. The screen is so flexible it can be rolled into a cylinder about a half-inch wide without losing its image quality. It's not quite the dream of single-sheet, electronic newspapers or books that can display hundreds of pages of text, its creators said it's the first flexible computer screen of its kind. E-Ink is one of several companies working to develop electronic paper for e-newspapers and e-books, and other possible applications. There is even clothing with computer screens sewn into it.(2)
 * __FLEXIBLE E-PAPER__**

I think that the flexible e-paper is also a good idea. It can save alot of space in librarys, schools and stuff like that. I don't really understand why they would put it on a shirt though. But I'm sure someone out there would wear it. It's cool to me that you would be able to roll these things up into a half-inch. You should see the e-paper befor you see the flexible kind. This will be because they are still trying to find a way for it to bend and still be able to have crisp text and images. [] (1) [] (2)