To make them as easy to use as a pad of sticky Post-its,
these tiny electronic displays never need to be charged.
Not exact matches
According to InfiniLED's website, the startup's ILED
display technology is powered by millions of
tiny LED chips, each roughly one - tenth the width of a strand of human hair, that are assembled on
electronic circuits.
Instead of using LCD
displays, they show words and letters using
tiny, black and white plastic granules that move about inside microscopic, spherical capsules under precise
electronic control.
A thin layer of flexible transparent plastic, the Gyricon rotating ball
display contained millions of
tiny spheres suspended in bubbles of oil, similarly to
electronic paper of today.
Kindle Wi - Fi has all the same features, same bookstore, same high - contrast
electronic paper
display, and it's even a
tiny bit lighter at 8.5 ounces.