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Old 10-30-2014, 05:06 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
I doubt this will have any application to e-reader technology. This seems to be more like reusable paper than a display. It is very thin and flexible, but has no electrical components. It requires a separate, fairly high power device, to write an image to it. Figure 3 in the technical paper shows a write time of about 10 seconds to achieve a saturated image. It also mentions that the image will decay when exposed to sunlight. The application seems to be things like security key-cards, which could have a persons photo printed on them and then be later be re-printed with another person's photo and reused.
Interesting. Thanks for digging more deeply into this.
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