Electrophoretic Displays and Electronic Paper
Electrophoretic displays such as electronic ink are a revolutionary new display technology that combine the advantages of traditional displays such as LCDs with paper. They are non-emissive, which makes them easier on viewers eyes, and they have high contrast with extremely low power usage. They are also extremely thin and flexible. I will talk about the physics concepts that make these work, as well as some of the work being done to build new devices which could replace the book, the newspaper and anything else written on paper.