Sentences with phrase «like ordinary paper»

The establishment of the E Ink Corporation in 1997 led to the development of electronic paper, a technology which allows a display screen to reflect light like ordinary paper without the need for a backlight; electronic paper was incorporated first into the Sony Librie (released in 2004) and Sony Reader (2006), followed by the Amazon Kindle, a device which, upon its release in 2007, sold out within five hours.

«It reflects light like ordinary paper and uses no backlight, eliminating the eyestrain and glare associated with other electronic displays such as computer monitors or PDA screens.»

An additional bonus is that unlike conventional backlit flat panel displays, e-paper displays reflect light like ordinary paper.

This new Kindle's screen reflects light like ordinary paper, eliminating the glare created by backlit LCD displays on tablets or smart phones.

The screens have excellent visibility even in strong sunlight, just like ordinary paper, but electricity consumption is so low that a battery charged with solar cells suffices.

Unlike a conventional flat panel display, which uses a backlight to illuminate its pixels, electronic paper reflects light like ordinary paper and is capable of holding text and images indefinitely without drawing electricity, while allowing the image to be changed later.

It reflects light like ordinary paper and uses no backlight, designed to eliminate the glare associated with electronic displays such as computer monitors or PDA (personal digital assistant) screens.

«It reflects light like ordinary paper and uses no backlight, eliminating the eyestrain and glare associated with other electronic displays such as computer monitors or PDA screens,» Amazon boasted.

Not exact matches

«Ordinary voters understand what inflation is,» wrote University of Western Ontario economics prof David Laidler in a 2007 paper, «and most of them don't like it.»

Korean artist Jae Ko (born 1961) works in fiber, transforming ordinary materials like paper and vinyl cords into extraordinary sculptural objects.

While on paper they might not seem like anything too out of the ordinary, it is the overall package that makes these two devices so worthwhile.