Electronic Paper Technology: Tomorrow’s Paper
Posted by admin | Posted in sony | Posted on 13-11-2009-05-2008
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According to Judy Rodrigrues Greenpeace International:
"Our goal is to generate a comprehensive understanding of the company's need to reduce paper consumption and waste to help consumers large and small to take action to make real reductions."
On 09 June 2008, about fifty European non-governmental environmental organizations have launched a project to address the excessive consumption of paper. Are invited to individuals and businesses a commitment to reduce consumption of paper on the site they created for this purpose shrinkpaper. org.
About 42 percent of timber produced in the world, enters the pulp and paper.
If we can eliminate the need for paper in the future, can greatly reduce the rate of deforestation. The development of the technology of electronic paper, such as electronic ink made by E Ink Corporation, will bring us closer to a greener future. We, in this article, a look at the electronic paper technology and progress.
What is the paper?
Unlike LCD, LED, or CRT system, the technology of electronic paper attempts to achieve clarity, contrast and easy viewing of paper into an electronic display.
The technology behind the electronic card is thirty years, which was developed at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). Nicholas K. Sheridon at Xerox PARC, has created a new display technology called Gyricon (from the greek "image rotation"), which became the basis for modern e-paper technology.
The ideal of modern electronic paper must have a high contrast like normal paper and low power consumption, but must be thin and lightweight. The electronic paper display (EPD) is so light that can be folded or creased, while maintaining the image. Furthermore, the DAP should not lose the image, even if the power is not available. These concepts were used in the manufacture of products such as Fujitsu's Fabric PC, a laptop computer that uses the electronic paper screen is very light and not easily damaged.
Electronic ink technology
Cutting edge technology of electronic ink displays are two companies at E Ink Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts (recently acquired by Prime View International, Taiwan) and Xerox (through its subsidiary, Gyricon Media) in Palo Alto, California.
The display technology from E Ink is already widely used in devices like Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, iRex iLiad, and many other readers of electronic books.
Electronic Ink E Ink uses a type of liquid plastic with millions of microcapsules that are small (about the diameter of one of our hair) spherical objects. The microcapsules containing black and white chips. The chips are positively charged white and black chips are negatively charged. This electronic ink is coated with an ultra-thin plastic sheet containing a small circuit board. This circuit can be sent in a selective way the positive and negative charges for copying and-ink, the production of chip removal, thus changing the screen.
Electronic paper: The Future
BusinessWire reported recently that the electronic reading devices increase production by 1. 1 million units in 2008 to 20 million units in 2012. The overall annual growth, according to iSuppli analyst Vinita Jakhanwal, is about 105 percent.
Fast development of electronic paper technology and the public became fond of the new e-book reading devices. Show The Oprah Winfrey endorsed Amazon Kindle, and Oprah called "her favorite gadget, making" Kindle very popular among readers of books. E Ink Corporation and Prime View International with the support of about 20 manufacturers of e-book devices, like Amazon and Sony. As was seen in our article on environmental protection and the emerging market for electronic book readers, the introduction of e-ink technology used in home, school programs, library, activities, and provide an environment that had success with the benefits at all angles.
The main disadvantage of the computer screen is not as readable as paper, is too bright and can test your eyes. This is why people continue to prefer the printed page. Moreover, the electronic card looks exactly like paper. The technology will change the way you read books. You can have small portable players with hundreds and thousands of books, reading, as precisely as a normal printed book.
The books of tomorrow will not be damaged. Once readers become universal, the mainstream press will be history. You can download the books you purchase directly to his reader, and that can have huge savings in time and money. The delivery of newspapers and magazines will also be a new way electronically.
Electronic Ink is not just for printing on plastic panels, but can be printed on the walls of normal, shirts, tablecloths, and almost all surfaces. Thus, in the future can change the wallpaper with the click of a button.
Conclusion
The most important benefit of the technology of electronic paper is that the card is no longer necessary, and the trees do not need to be cut for paper production. Thus, the electronic card is us closer to a better and greener.






