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| - | [* black] E-paper, |
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| - | [* black] Creating patterns of different fields at various locations on the film generates text and other figures on the display. |
| - | [* black] Peeling up the e-paper display film reveals backlight LEDs. The small display only requires three LEDs to light its |
| + | [* black] E-paper, a technology used in [http://bit.ly/10J3REu|many eReaders|new_window=true], works by suspending tiny microcapsules in liquid within a thin film. Each capsule contains positively charged white particles and negatively charged black particles. Adding a positive electric field repels the white particles to the front of the display, while a negative field does the same for the black particles. |
| + | [* black] Creating patterns of different fields at various locations on the film generates text and other figures on the display, in a low-power, non-volatile fashion. Power is only needed to refresh the display, and not to maintain an image. |
| + | [* black] Peeling up the Pebble's e-paper display film reveals backlight LEDs. The small display only requires three LEDs (controllable by a wrist gesture) to light its face. |