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Date: 2007-11-20 03:13 pm (UTC)Basically, you have a matrix of very small electrostatically charged spheres, each of which is white on one side, and black on the other. A charge is put through, which flips each sphere, giving you a black-and-white display which is as crisp as ink, and takes no energy to maintain: in its "off" configuration, it keeps the image last put upon it. It does not work fast enough to do animation, but it works fast enough to turn pages. Since the Eighties, it's been talked about as the technology that would make e-books practical. Now, thirty years after it was invented, someone's FINALLY brought a product to market using the technology.
I think this has the potential to be as big as the Segway. Maybe even bigger.