The Xerox technology is called Gyricon.It's composed of a silicon rubber compound with the thickness and flexilility of poster board.The Gyricon sheets have thousands of plastic balls suspended in oil.Each ball is black on one side and white on the other and together they act as pixels to display images.Images can be updated much the same way as with a monitor.The beads are embedded in a large sheet, with each microcapsule suspended in oil to allow the beads to rotate in their orbits, says Robert Sprague, manager of the document hardware lab and electronic paper projects at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center.The paper could be powered by a matrix of transistors, such as those in laptop computer screens.Gyricon uses reflective light, like real paper, so it would use less electricity.
A Gyricon book will eventually be connected with a wireless device that will enable a reader to download content from the Internet.
Xerox will also make the Gyricon interactive, so a user could write on it and reuse it.
（美國） 麻省坎布里奇市的E Ink公司是開發(fā)電子墨水和“紙”的先導，這種墨水和紙將替代今天我們所知道的報紙與書籍。
利用電子墨水和雙向無線通信有可能導致產(chǎn)生電子書籍 （當讀者看完當前的書本時，可以選擇新書刷新） 或者產(chǎn)生能邊讀邊用最新消息自我更新的報紙。
由E Ink公司發(fā)明的電子墨水是一種透明的液體塑料，里面有微型封裝塊，封裝塊內(nèi)含有在藍色染料中的白色小片。微型封裝塊懸浮在像食用油那樣 的物質(zhì)中。白色小片帶負電荷，因而它們能對電刺激作出反應。
據(jù)E Ink公司的副總裁兼總經(jīng)理Russell Wilcox稱，這種墨水可以涂在任何表面，從墻到計算機屏幕。然而，書寫面看上去很像極薄的便攜機顯示屏， 在正面有一透明的表面，在背面有線路。
A Gyricon book will eventually be connected with a wireless device that will enable a reader to download content from the Internet.
Xerox will also make the Gyricon interactive, so a user could write on it and reuse it.
（美國） 麻省坎布里奇市的E Ink公司是開發(fā)電子墨水和“紙”的先導，這種墨水和紙將替代今天我們所知道的報紙與書籍。
利用電子墨水和雙向無線通信有可能導致產(chǎn)生電子書籍 （當讀者看完當前的書本時，可以選擇新書刷新） 或者產(chǎn)生能邊讀邊用最新消息自我更新的報紙。
由E Ink公司發(fā)明的電子墨水是一種透明的液體塑料，里面有微型封裝塊，封裝塊內(nèi)含有在藍色染料中的白色小片。微型封裝塊懸浮在像食用油那樣 的物質(zhì)中。白色小片帶負電荷，因而它們能對電刺激作出反應。
據(jù)E Ink公司的副總裁兼總經(jīng)理Russell Wilcox稱，這種墨水可以涂在任何表面，從墻到計算機屏幕。然而，書寫面看上去很像極薄的便攜機顯示屏， 在正面有一透明的表面，在背面有線路。