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This piece of news over at InfoWorld really caught my attention and I'm sure will do the same to most of you, from what I could read on this article, we are talking of a screen only slightly thicker than a sheet of paper, really impressive technology Canon has on their hands:
The biggest difference is that the display is just 0.25mm -- 2.5 times the thickness of a regular sheet of paper. This is thanks to the toner used in the display being sandwiched between two sheets of plastic film -- unlike an LCD, which contains liquid crystal trapped between two sheets of glass. The use of plastic also means the display is much less brittle.
The display works by using electrostatic absorption and repulsion on toner sealed between the plastic sheets to form images and text on the display. This technology brings with it the second big difference between the new display and conventional LCDs -- images remain on the display even when the power is turned off. This means power only needs to be applied to the display when images are being drawn, and so means total power consumption is low.
This piece of news over at InfoWorld really caught my attention and I'm sure will do the same to most of you, from what I could read on this article, we are talking of a screen only slightly thicker than a sheet of paper, really impressive technology Canon has on their hands:
The biggest difference is that the display is just 0.25mm -- 2.5 times the thickness of a regular sheet of paper. This is thanks to the toner used in the display being sandwiched between two sheets of plastic film -- unlike an LCD, which contains liquid crystal trapped between two sheets of glass. The use of plastic also means the display is much less brittle.
The display works by using electrostatic absorption and repulsion on toner sealed between the plastic sheets to form images and text on the display. This technology brings with it the second big difference between the new display and conventional LCDs -- images remain on the display even when the power is turned off. This means power only needs to be applied to the display when images are being drawn, and so means total power consumption is low.
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