News tagged with electronic paper

Long-Awaited 'Alex' Android eReader Ready For Pre-Orders

(PhysOrg.com) -- You can preorder the first Alex Reader today... finally! Alex, the first Google Android-powered eReader will ship to preorders in mid-April, five months after its announcement made a huge ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Philips electronic skin technology enables new chameleon-like ambience designs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Philips Research has developed a novel color e-paper technology that opens up new design opportunities for personalizing electronic devices. This means that the color and appearance, of the ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Research helps overcome barrier for organic electronics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic devices can't work well unless all of the transistors, or switches, within them allow electrical current to flow easily when they are turned on. A team of engineers has determined ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Laptops helping governments go paperless, conserve money and resources

Minneapolis metro-area cities are saving both dollars and trees by reducing their paper-shuffling. From utility billings to city council agenda packets, more city staffs are using the Internet and flash drives to share information ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plastic Logic to unveil first e-reader in January

Plastic Logic, a US company whose planned electronic reader has attracted a lot of media buzz, said Monday that it will announce the availability and pricing of the device for business professionals in January.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

E-books gain a foothold at Frankfurt Book Fair

(AP) -- While paper books still outnumber texts that can be read online or on dedicated readers like the Kindle or eBook, use of the electronic versions is growing.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Could a paper transistor offer an alternative to silicon?

(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology advances, scientists look for ways to enhance electronic applications and devices. Indeed, electronics are getting smaller and more diverse. And as this happens, there is an increased requirement ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 6 feature

Capping A Two-Faced Particle Gives Duke Engineers Complete Control (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists drew fittingly from Roman mythology when they named a unique class of miniscule particles after the god Janus, who is usually depicted as having two faces looking in opposite directions.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Sony eBook Store Announces Access to More than 1 Million Public Domain Books from Google

The eBook Store from Sony, together with Google, today announced it is providing access to more than 1 million free public domain books - from classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island to biographies, ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Peeling stickers may lead to stretchable electronics

A study of stickers peeling from windows could lead to a new way to precisely control the fabrication of stretchable electronics, according to a team of researchers including one at MIT.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amazon unveils large-screen Kindle DX

Online retail giant Amazon.com unveiled a large-screen version of its popular Kindle electronic reader on Wednesday designed for newspapers, magazines and textbooks.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 11

Electrofluidic Display Technology puts electronic book readers ahead by a wide margin

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thinking about getting an e-reader but not sure if you like reading the dim screen? An international collaboration of the University of Cincinnati, Sun Chemical, Polymer Vision and Gamma Dynamics ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 2

Fujitsu launches world's first colour e-book

Fujitsu has launched the world's first e-book with a colour display in Japan, the company said Thursday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Toward 'invisible electronics' and transparent displays

Researchers in California are reporting an advance toward the long-sought goal of "invisible electronics" and transparent displays, which can be highly desirable for heads-up displays, wind-shield displays, and electronic ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

E-Paper Technology Has New Possibilities in Japan

(PhysOrg.com) -- On January 23, 2009 e-paper testing was started in Japan around Toshima Ward Office, which is just east of JR Ikebukuro Station. A wireless network was set up at the Toshima Life and Industry ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 weblog


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