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MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

Spring Design’s Alex: the first Android-based, dual display e-book reader

By Darren Quick

23:46 October 19, 2009 PDT

Spring Design's Alex dual-screen Android-based e-book reader

Alex from Spring Design is the first Android-based e-book reader that comes with dual screens. The upper display is a 6-inch E-Ink monochrome electronic paper display (EPD) screen, while below it sits a 3.5-inch color LCD screen. The device features full Internet browsing capabilities that, through the use of the device’s Duet Navigator interface, allows hyperlinked text displayed on the main EPD to be clicked on to bring up supporting multimedia information such as video, images, and notes on the secondary color LCD screen. Read More

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

Sony adds wireless Daily Edition eBook reader to family

By Jeff Salton

00:06 August 26, 2009 PDT

The new Sony Reader family (from left): the Pocket Edition, the Touch Edition and the Dail...

Sony has added a third child to its eBook reader family – the Reader Daily Edition – a sibling to the Pocket Edition and the Touch Edition products, which were released earlier this month. The Daily Edition eBook reader, however, is the ‘big brother’ to the other two, boasting a larger page view (seven inches wide) and 3G wireless connectivity. Read More

ELECTRONICS

Stickers may lead to stretchable electronics

By Dario Borghino

17:08 June 19, 2009 PDT

MIT mathematician Pedro Reis demonstrates the delamination that occurs when a surface is c...

Wrinkling, blisters and delamination on stickers applied to curved or bendable surfaces are usually an annoyance, but examining this phenomena has led researchers to a new, powerful approach to fabricating stretchable electronics that could pave the way to the production of components with very high mechanical resistance. Read More

ELECTRONICS

New electronic ink display brings e-paper revolution a step closer

By Stephen Saunders

20:43 May 12, 2009 PDT

The Sun Chemical pigment dispersions that provide e-paper with the same brilliant colorati...

A new electronic ink display technology has been developed at the University of Cincinnati. This new technology, called an electrofluidic display (EFD), creates a reflective display that can produce color and contrast ratio of up to 85 percent what normal paper can achieve, promising a new generation of full-color electronic readers. Read More

 
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