Electronic paper newspaper - new information channel

This April, De Tijd, a Belgian financial newspaper, began releasing a "e-newspaper" version: a device with a touch screen, low power consumption, using digital ink. .

This technology has been reflected in the action movie - the Minority Report, in which a passenger on the subway bus has read the USA Today newspaper via a thin, foldable video screen. and wirelessly connected.

However, now this is no longer only on movies. This month, De Tijd, a Belgian financial newspaper, began releasing several "e-newspaper" versions: devices with touch screens, low power consumption, using digital ink. - millions of capsule microbes with a width of just one hair, can display black and white images depending on the current.

This is just one of several tests of electronic paper equipment with the ambition to make them "iPod of the newspaper industry". The Herald Tribune, of The New York Times, is also considering to post articles on a product similar to De Tijd later this year.

The device De Tijd uses is called iLiad, manufactured by iRex (a subsidiary of Philips Electronics). Sony is also about to release e-paper, capable of downloading books, newspapers and podcasts for about $ 400. These products have an average weight of 0.3 kg (light enough to hold with one hand), can update information as soon as it reaches wireless access points (Wi-Fi hotspots) or via Internet connection and enable page turning with one touch key.