Sunday, August 29, 2010

E-Ink

So I turn off my kindle.
Don't wanna run down the battery, eh?

Then I look at it later and there's a picture on the screen.

So I turn it off ag'in.
Later, there's an image on the screen
... a different one, like this guy:


Then I read that a still image doesn't draw any power.
Huh?

Then I read that the kindle has e-ink.
E-who?

You apply a static charge to some electrodes.
The polarity changes from point to point.
You got yourself a collection of pixels (in shades of grey).
You turn off the power
... and the charged black & white particles stay put.

Just like the images I'd scratch on the walls of our cave
... when I was young.


So ... what's next?

Mamma mia!


 

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