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Electronic Paper – Update

Some more e-ink devices have appeared recently:

The last two both use a segmented display (like a calculator or the old Game & Watch) which isn’t nearly exciting as a high-res display.

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Some links

Back to work tomorrow, 2 weeks of holidays are over. Some links I found funny / interesting over the holidays:

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Listamatic: CSS lists

In a similar vein to the css Zen Garden comes Max Design’s Listamatic. A collections of CSS styles that can be applied to simple lists for “radically different list options”. There is also a browser support chart that can save you some hassle of testing in a stack of browsers.

I’m currently playing with the clagnut CSS tabs for a project of mine. More on that later. Possibly much later…

Update: I think I’m going to go with Super-Simple DHTML Tabs now.

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Electronic paper

Electronic paper (or epaper) is a new display technology that I’m really keen to check out. LCD works by shining a light through a transparent display. Electronic paper contains configurable pigment that reflects light – just as ink on a piece of paper does. So epaper is just as readable as normal printed text. Anyone who has attempted to read a laptop in bright sunlight is probably half as excited as I am about this technology.

Citizen have a upcoming flexible digital wall clock. Currently the only commerical implementation of epaper is the Sony Librie EBR-1000EP. The product itself has some questionable purpose, but the reviewers are all commend the display.

From MAKE: blog:

The display looks so “real” it appears as if it’s a sticker or printed on the screen.

From dottocomu:

The screen is unbelievable. Not quite paper, more like a dull plastic like look. My first impression of the device was that it was not an actual working unit, but a plastic mock up made for stores. With high contrast black text on a reflective background, the screen has a readability rivaling actual paper.

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