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The article discusses about electronic paper. The story of electronic paper (e-paper), so far, has proved to be what could be termed techno-hyperenthusiasm. Electronically rewritable paper requires two basic components. A substrate and something electrically controllable that can serve as the ink. If the epaper material has good enough image retention, it can be written by a device analogous to a printer, and then taken out and used just like a normal sheet of paper.

The article presents information on recent developments in nanotube research. Recent research using carbon nanotubes in place of conventional carbon fibers is revealing large gains in such critical material properties as tensile strength and electrical and thermal conductivity. A striking example is a paper product that is ultrathin, electrically conducting and 10 times lighter than steel while still being 250 times stronger. Carbon commonly forms into graphite, a flat sheet of carbon atoms bonded in a hexagonal, closely packed structure. Although the carbon-carbon bond is very strong, the two-dimensional sheets do not have much strength in any direction out of their plane.

Highlights the development of a prototype electronic paper, a display technology from E Link Corp. and Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories. Key features of the display technology; How the display technology is manufactured; Components of the display technology.

A preview of the electronic paper display from E Ink Corp.

Complains about the excessive presence of paper in the author's life. Examples of various forms of paper; Everyday tasks that require paper; Electronic mail address of the author.

Reports that International Paper Co. and Motorola Inc. will launch the electronic tag technology. Details on the technology; Principles of operation of the RFID system; Key features of the BiStatix chip.

Highlights activities at the January 1997 Westech Career Expos held in Santa Clara, California. Number of resumes submitted to 420 companies; Aim of human resources managers to collect as many resumes as possible for inclusion in their databases; Job applicants' reaction on the way their resumes were handled and the lack of progress in their state of unemployment. INSETS: The do's and don'ts for hitting a job fair.;Antigravity box, anyone?..

Focuses on the White Paper issued by the eight participants in the Darpa-financed Microwave and Analog Front-End Technology (Mafet) program detailing their achievements in radio-frequency design tools. Contents of the document; Three conferences where the Mafet-inspired improvements to EDA tools were demonstrated; List of participant achievements; Criticisms of Custom Integrated Circuits Conference on Mafet Design Environment (MDE) improvements.

The article reports on the increasing popularity of organic light emitting diodes (LED) and electronic papers as alternatives to existing portable display devices. According to the author, organic LEDs have already made inroads in the portable display market and is on its way to entering the market for television displays. Meanwhile, e-paper displays are making a name in portable devices, consumer electronics and electronic signs.

Provides information on the paper-thin integrated circuit package from Toshiba company. Implication of the packaging technology; Research on the process of producing thin silicon chips; Applications of the technology.

Presents excerpts from the white paper that the Semiconductor Industry Association Government Procurement Committee (SIA/GPC) plans to submit to the US Department of Defense (DOD) regarding the agency's policy of purchasing commercial ICs as a way to reduce weapon-acquisition costs. Applying the government definition of commercial item to commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) ICs.

The article focuses on the electrophoretic "electronic paper" displays controller formed by E Ink Corp. and Seiko Epson Corp. According to the author, the electronic paper controller was designed to make the use of interactive applications faster. He adds that e-paper is advantageous because it can also be read in normal room lighting and in bright sunlight because of its use of reflected light instead of a backlight. Other information related to e-paper are also mentioned.

The article presents a comparison of electronic paper (e-paper) display systems including Vizplex Imaging Film from E Ink, Microcup from SiPix Imaging Inc., and the grating-aligned zenithal displays from ZBD Displays.

The article reports on a research conducted by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York that produced a paper-thin rechargeable battery. The paper batteries can be stacked, expanded, rolled, twisted or cut to produce desired voltage and current. The article also discusses the plan of the research team to experiment on paper batteries for medical implants using blood and sweat as liquid electrolyte.

The article provides information concerning use of electronic papers in Long Beach, California. The author said that electronic paper seems to be coming of age. E Ink Corp. has exhibited a slew of launched products at the Society for Information Display conference in May 2007. The company has also showed flexible-display prototypes from half a dozen E Ink customers.

Reports on a thesis paper authored by Natarajan Viswanathan from Iowa State University. Focus of the paper on a revolutionary integrated circuit (IC)technique, FastPlace, which changes the IC physical design tools; Recognition of the design as a quadratic placer for large standard cell designs; Specifications on speed compared to Capo 8.8 placer and Dragon 2.2.3.; Provision of a 90-fold performance gain without penalties; Applicability of the technique to the commercial world of electronic design automation.

Discusses the publication of a document on intellectual property protection from Virtual Socket Interface Alliance. Areas covered by the paper; Price of the paper.

Reports on the digital paper, a liquid crystal display demonstrated by ZBD Displays Ltd. in Malvern, England. Company's plan for the digital paper; Benefit from the technology; Electronic products targeted for the digital paper.

Provides information on the call for papers of the organizers of the 10th annual International HDL Conference. Mission of the conference; Requirements for the technical papers.

Offers a look at research papers on how programmable logic could be used to create data encryption schemes, presented during the field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) 2000 conference in California. Details on the paper presented by Worcester Polytechnic Institute professor Christof Paar and graduate student Adam Elbirt; Overview of a research presented by Hea Joung Kim of University of California in Los Angeles.

The article reports on the claim of a German team that they will launch printable batteries that pattern organic semiconductors on a paper-thin, flexible substrates, in 2010. According to the article, scientists at the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Electronic Nano Systems worked with colleagues from Chemnitz University of Technology and Menippos GmbH on the development of the product. It notes that the batteries use zinc anodes and manganese cathodes that react to give electricity.

The article focuses on TechInsights' issuance of a call for papers for its "MEMS in the Real World" symposium, which will be held in Boston, Massachusetts on October 27, 2008. The event's subtitle "MEMS-Enabled Systems Solutions" defines the unique role the symposium plays in the industry. The MEMS seminars have looked at a sensor or actuator in isolation.

The article reports that Flexible Display Center at Arizona University has fabricated an active-matrix electronic-paper display on plastic. The effort involves collaboration with DuPont Teijin Films and with National Starch. To withstand the problems in temperature, its designers lowered processing temperature to around 180 degree Celsius and increased the substrate's ability to withstand temperature. Moreover, the result has displayed a good contrast ratio and fine resolution.

The article reports on the collaboration of Mark Horowitz and Bill Dally of the Stanford University along with researchers of Rambus Inc. in a research paper that focuses on a new low in input/output power in the U.S. Both Horowitz and Dally are respected in interconnect issues. Dally admits that he is enjoying his collaboration with the company and Horowitz.

This article reports that ultrathin displays and e-paper took center stage at the Americas Display Engineering and Applications Conference in Portland, Oregon, with researchers reporting progress and predicting a 2006 deployment. Nick Colaneri, associate director of the Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University in Tempe, Florida, outlined progress at that Army-funded center for the process development and pilot production of flexible backplanes and displays. The target technology is organic pentacene transistors that can be fabricated at a cool 90 degrees C, as well as other low-temperature formulations, for which the team uses in-house electrophoretic front-plane lamination. Conference goers also heard of advances in LCD technology and in military-grade head-mounted displays.

Comments on papers presented at the 41st Design Automation Conference proceedings for 2004. Synopsys Inc.'s design automation flow for mask-programmable fabrics, a structured form of standard-cell design; Cadence Design Systems Inc.'s description of a 'desynchronization' approach that lets a synchronous specification coexist with a robust asynchronous implementations; CoWare Inc.'s Internet Protocol-driven and design-driven approaches to application-specific, heterogeneous multiprocessor systems-on-chip.

Reports on research paper presentation in the 1994 Wescon seminar about the influence of portables market on battery technology. Environmental concerns and climbing storage requirements; Research paper on lithium-ion technology.

Reports on the content of papers at the Future of Lithographic Systems at the SPIE conference in Santa Clara, California. Road map for production lithography; Pilot production of 90-nm process node with existing 193-nm steppers for critical layers; Collimated plasma lithography system from JMAR Research; Description of progress on the low-energy electron projection lithography program being driven by Leepl Corp.

Announces the opening of a factory for the production of electronic paper by Gyricon Media Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The article offers information on the International Conference on Consumer Electronics in Las Vegas, Nevada in January 2007 in which home networks issues will be discussed.

The article reports on the plan of Motorola Inc. to integrated electrophoeric displays (EPD) on its mobile phones in Taipei, Taiwan. Motorola chose the EPD for its high contrast, thin profile and power-saving characteristics. The substrates of EPD are made up of tiny pockets that contains charged particle suspended in an opaque liquid. However, the Motofone is only limited to black, which targets emerging markets like Brazil and India.

Reports on the 2004 Symposium on VLSI Technology and the accompanying VLSI Circuits Symposium to be held on the week of June 15 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s plan to discuss the reliability concerns of using relatively porous low-k dielectrics with a k-value of 2.2; Shinichi Takagi's consideration of presenting work from Japan's government-supported MIRAI project that combines the advantages of silicon germanium.

Reports on the digital signal processing (DSP) technologies that will be demonstrated at the 1999 DSP World Conference. Some cores selected for the Industry Technology Forum (ITF) focus on specific applications; Information on Merlin multiprocessor system from Sky Computers; Compiler for the Matlab high-level simulation tool from The MathWorks from BOPS Incorporated.

Addresses question on how to deal with a boss who lies about the availability of projects, bonuses and the help he has promised. Significance of a written memorandum.

Comments on the results of a reader poll on online document or hard-copy manuals. Percentage of respondents who prefer online documents; Reasons for choosing online documents; Disadvantages of online documents.

Presents an overview of papers on multichip modules presented at the 1994 IEEE Multi-Chip Module Conference in Santa Cruz, California. Technical and design issues; Power consumption.

Reports on the call issued by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the California State University at Northridge for papers at the Virtual Reality and Persons with Disabilities conference.

Announces the National Association of Broadcasters' (NAB) 1994 show on March 20-24, 1994. Solicitation of papers to the NAB Multimedia World Conference, NAB HDTV World Conference or the Broadcast Engineering Conference; Contact information.

Reports that Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE-USA) is seeking papers covering retention and development of engineers for its 10th Biennial Conference. Date of the conference.

Presents information about the Portland International Conference on the Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET) on July 27-31, 1997. Topics covered on the papers to be presented; Speakers in the conference; Electronic Engineering Times' meeting with four plenary speakers on July 28.

Reports on former Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE)-USA Competitiveness Fellow Jim Gover's advocacy for reorganization towards a policy-oriented institute. Gover's recommendation for the establishment of a policy-oriented think tan and policy-review journal; Issues for discussion during the IEEE-USA conference.

The article highlights the study conducted by the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the new way to control fabrication of stretchable electronics. The researches suggests that graphene us an ideal candidate for stretchable electronics application. The study shows that creating a delaminated surfaces can design devices that will allow wires to attach to a surface to move with the material without breaking.

The article offers information on the Design Automation Conference which will be held on June 4-8, 2007 in San Diego, California.

The article discusses problems posed by the all-electronic voting machines being used widely in presidential elections in the U.S. In fact, the secret ballot itself and the partisan nature of elections place a huge burden on electronic security that the field is probably not ready to carry. Criticism of electronic touchscreen voting has centered on what is held to be inadequate protection against hacking. Many experts believe it would be relatively easy for someone to electronically break into the machines and tamper with vote counts. But even without malicious intent, the machines pose deep problems for electronic data security.

Focuses on challenges facing the third-generation cellular basestation. Use of combined digital signal processor and FPGA; Use of high-speed interconnect in linking processors.

Focuses on flat-panel displays (FPDs) as an essential component of the portable electronics revolution. Sales of FPDs; Shortcomings of FPD technology; Description of the electronic-ink technology from E Ink Corp.; Image created by electronic ink.

Focuses on the highlights of the 1996 IPC Printed Circuits Expo in San Jose, California in March 1996. Presentations detailing the gating elements for designers; Need for advances in drilling capabilities; Use of plasma etching to create vias in dielectrics.

Previews Mikroelektronika-94, the first Russian conference on microelectronics organized by the Institute of Physics and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Issues and topics to be discussed; Contact information.

Presents an overview of topics to be discussed at the 1994 Capacitor and Resistor Technology Symposium at Jupiter, Florida. Hybrid capacitor technology; Unisys' improvements in thermal-compression bonding for surface-mounted resistor/capacitor networks; Contact information.

Reports on the pilot programs launched in California to improve traffic management with intelligent vehicle highway systems (IVHS). Upgrade of the city's Motorist Information System; Monitoring of highway conditions using closed-circuit television and vehicle detection loops; Information from a highway advisory radio system using low-power transmitter; Use of an expert system to analyze information.