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Silicon to Silicone: E-Paper Reaches Prototype Stage

ERR - An Estonian company is kindling interest after developing a prototype for what could be the world's first e-paper.The silicone-based technology is the result of several years of research at Visitret Displays.

The non-reflective sheets do not use electricity, they are weatherproof and non-breakable and can also play back high-quality video images, wrote Eesti Päevaleht.

Producing the e-paper is inexpensive and the technology could come in handy for one of the primary materials for screens, potentially making laptops and other currently LCD-display-equipped gadgets much less expensive. It could conceivably also replace metal traffic signs, books and newspapers and even printed price labels in stores.

Read more: http://news.err.ee/sci-tech/72eeef0c-0c05-4bb3-9657-0971c80453aa

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 December 2010 15:09
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