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Reports on the creation of electronic versions of paper and ink. Description; Combination of the advantages of paper and computers; The ability to read what ever you desire by hitting a switch; Endless possibilities of electronic paper; Forecasting advancement in research, like color techniques; How it works.

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.

Reports on companies that are pioneering technologies for electronic paper and have prototypes at various stages of development in fall 2000. Details of the rigid indoor display board called Immedia by E Ink Corporation; History of electronic paper; Invention of Nick Sheridon of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) in California called Gyricon; Research at Kent Displays in Ohio on cholesteric liquid crystals; Outlook.

Presents briefs related to technology as of April 22, 2000. Launch of Amstrad's E-Mailer and plans to change its design; Development of paper that may last 1000 years; Building and display of a computer printer designed more than 150 years ago.

The article discusses the importance of ink technology to printed electronics. The author states that disposable-battery testers added into the product or packaging is considered one of the first widely used printed-electronics applications. These low-cost, interactive testers depend on conductive inks to form a resistive-heating and temperature-responsive inks to provide the display. Electronic paper is another display technology that benefits from printed electronics. Electronic paper has the capacity to reflect light like ordinary paper.

The article focuses on the newly developed electronic paper technology in the U.S. It has been predicted that the demonstration of electronic products indicates the E-paper technology's readiness in the market. The E-paper was made out of organic electronics which contains tiny balls of ink designed to respond to electric charges in the monitor of the computer and act like pixels. This new technology was developed by the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center which was first named as Gyricon. Recently, continuous developments and improvements were conducted on the E-paper in terms of its contrast ratios, resolutions and brightness levels.

The article reports that researchers at the New University of Lisbon have discovered a way to make paper into a transistor. Details about the research, conducted by professors Elvira Fortunato and Rodrigo Martins, among others, are presented. The important role that transistors play in electronics is also explored.

The article refers to the idea of a paperless office as an illusory chimera and focuses on a tablet-based writing system from Logitech Inc. that is digital and also uses paper. The io2 Digital Writing System has a USB-connected pen stand that can send electronic mail or drawings and features Anoto paper technology.

Discusses a digital pen and paper writing system designed by Swedish company Anoto AB. How the pen reads what it writes on special paper that transmits the information as an e-mail, fax, or mobile-phone message; How the technology works; Possible applications; Service expected to be offered through Vodaphone; Author's evaluation of using the writing system.

Discusses progress towards the development of electronic paper. Study in which a flexible electronic page made of Mylar that used pentacene as a semiconductor, gold as wiring, and dielectric as an insulator; How this meets the challenge of cheap, flexible electronic components for electronic paper; Role of microcontact printing lithography; Outlook for this technology.

Discusses efforts to develop and implement electronic paper. Research and development efforts by a number of corporations; 1999 announcements of technological developments by Xerox, 3M, E Ink and Lucent; Two different technologies developed and their use of tiny plastic beads or capsules which are black on one side and white on the other; Benefits and drawbacks to both technologies; Uses for the technologies.

In this article the author presents his views on the scenario that will prevail in the world after materials like paper, petroleum and waste will end. It states that by 2025 the world will become technologically very advanced. There will remain no sign of paper as all readable contents such as news and books, will be available on computers. Social robots will be employed in industries to solve the problem of labor shortage.

Offers technology-related news briefs for June 18, 2001. Discovery of an electro-optical material by researchers at Scotland's University of Edinburgh that could improve prospects for the production of electronic paper; Plan of the Rosetta Project to preserve the world's languages by microengraving 1,000 versions of the first three chapters of the Bible onto nickel discs; Others.

Reports on efforts to create electronic paper. How the paper would combine the data-handling power of electronics with the flexibility and convenience of paper; Lucent and E Ink Corp's development of E-paper using an inexpensive printing technique; Use of a technique called microcontact printing to create arrays of transistors that control the E-papers pixels.

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.

Describes an electronic paper in a laboratory in Xerox Corporation's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California. Comments from scientist Robert Sprague; Reputation of the center; Information on the development arm of Xerox called Xerox New Enterprises; Future plans of Xerox.

Focuses on the invention of a paper coating that allows inkjet printer ink to dry quickly. Description of the coating and its component parts; Differences between the coating invented by Bulent E. Yoldas and those used by Hewlett-Packard; Problems with the new coating; How fast fading of sharp printed images is a big problem for quick-dry printer paper.

Features the high quality 90 percent hemp and 10 percent cotton paper produced in Eastern Europe. International Hemp Association Journal publication on 100% hemp paper; Ukranian hemp farmers in Cherkassy; Paper production from wheat straw, rice straw, seed flax, cornstalks and sunflowers. INSET: Kenaf news..

Features the Bay Area Advertising Print Production Association's (BAPPA) presentation on technologies in tree-free paper production. Appearance and cost drawbacks of tree-free papers; Selection of alternative fiber papers; Impact on the advertising and print industry. INSET: Help us plant trees!..

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.

Describes paper made from high-fiber weeds instead of trees, manufactured by Tree-Free Ecopaper. Imported Chinese paper made from hemp and cereal straw; History of hemp paper usage dating back to the founding fathers; Trailblazer Visionpaper and paper made from kenaf; Other paper made from chitin and kudzu.

Informs about introduction of latest forms of paper by Canadian paper industry for the improvement of performance in printing and other paper works in business environment. Measurement of several characteristics of paper in relation to business needs.

The article reports on the invention of an erasable paper that fades printed text within 16 to 24 hours when exposed to a specific wavelength of light, developed by a research team at Xerox Research Centre in Canada and Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California. Eric Shrader, PARC area manager of industrial ink-jet systems, noted that the experimental printing technology will reduce paper use, but its commercial availability would take a long way.

Reports on the licensing of Lucent Technologies' plastic transistor technology to E Ink Corp. Details of the companies' collaboration on the development of 'electronic paper'; Features of the planned plastic electronic displays, whose properties are similar to those of semiconductors formed on silicon chips; Potential industrial applications for the technology.

Provides information on Gyricon or electric paper tested by Xerox Corp. Features of the electronic paper; Inventor; Mass production of the electronic paper; How Gyricon works.