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pdurrant · 04-06-2010, 10:22 AM

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Tiny little capsules embedded in a transparent plastic sheet. In each capsule are some positively charged white particles and some negatively charged black particles. By controlling the voltage applied across the sheet, the particles can be move to one side or the other, creating white and black (well, light grey and dark grey) patterns.

04-06-2010, 10:22 AM	#4
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,010 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	http://www.eink.com/technology/howitworks.html Tiny little capsules embedded in a transparent plastic sheet. In each capsule are some positively charged white particles and some negatively charged black particles. By controlling the voltage applied across the sheet, the particles can be move to one side or the other, creating white and black (well, light grey and dark grey) patterns.