According to Judy Rodrigrues Greenpeace International:

"Our goal is to generate a society-wide understanding of the need to reduce the use of waste paper and to help large and small consumers to take action to make real reductions. "

On 09 June 2008, near fifty-European non-governmental environmental organizations launched a project to address the excessive consumption of paper. Users are invited from individuals and companies to make a commitment to reduce paper consumption on the website they created for this purpose shrinkpaper.org.

About 42 percent of timber produced in all the world enters the pulp and paper.

If we can eliminate the need for paper in the future, can greatly reduce the rate of deforestation. Development of the electronic paper technology such as electronic ink made by E Ink Corporation, will bring us closer to a greener future. We, in this article, a look at the electronic paper technology and progress.

What is paper?

Unlike LCD, LED, or a CRT display system, electronic paper technology attempts to achieve clarity, contrast and easy viewing of plain paper into an electronic display.

The technology behind electronic paper is thirty years old, which was developed at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). Nicholas K. Sheridon at Xerox PARC created a new display technology called Gyricon (Greek "image rotation"), which became on the basis of modern e-paper technology.

The ideal of modern electronic paper must have a high contrast like normal paper and low power consumption, but should be thin and light. The electronic paper display (EPD) is so slight that can be folded or curled, while retaining the image. In addition, the EPD should not lose the image even if the power supply is not available. These concepts were used in the production of products like Fujitsu's Fabric PC, which is a notebook computer using electronic paper screen is very light and not easily damaged.

Electronic ink technology

At the forefront of the electronic ink display technology are two businesses-E Ink Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts (recently acquired by Prime View International, Taiwan) and Xerox (through its subsidiary, Gyricon Media) in Palo Alto, California.

The display technology from E Ink is already in use widespread in devices such as Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, iRex iLiad, and many other electronic book readers.

Electronic ink E Ink uses a type of clear liquid plastic with millions of microcapsules, which are small (almost the diameter of one of our hair) the spherical objects. The microcapsules containing white and black chips. The chips are positively charged white and black chips are negatively charged. This electronic ink is coated with an ultra-thin plastic sheet containing a small printed circuit board. This circuit can selectively send the positive charges and negative for copying e-ink, making removal chips, thus altering the screen.

Electronic paper: The Future

BusinessWire reported recently that electronic reading devices will increase in the production of 1.1 million units in 2008 to 20 million units 2012. The cumulative annual growth, according to iSuppli analyst Vinita Jakhanwal, is about 105 percent.

The development of technology accelerated electronic paper as the public became fond of the new devices e-book reading. The Oprah Winfrey Show approved Amazon Kindle, and Oprah called "his favorite gadget," making Kindle very popular among readers of books. E Ink Corporation and Prime View International together support about 20 manufacturers e-book devices, like Amazon and Sony. According to the digital book readers, the introduction of e-ink technology in use in the home, curricula, facilities library, and use of business offers a win-win scenario with the benefits to be had at all angles.

The major drawback of the screen computer is that it is not nearly as readable as paper, is too bright and can test your eyes. This is why people still prefer the printed page. On the other hand, the electronic paper looks exactly like paper. The technology will dramatically change the way people read books. You may have small handheld readers with hundreds and thousands of books, legibly and exactly like a normal printed book.

The books of tomorrow will not be damaged. Once readers become universal, traditional printing will be history. You can download the books you purchase directly to his reader, and that can have huge savings in time and money. The delivery of newspapers and magazines will also be in a new way-electronically.

The electronic ink is not just for print in the plastic panels, but can be printed on the walls of normal, your shirts, tablecloths, and almost any surface. Thus, in the future can change your Wallpaper with the click of a button.

Conclusion

The most important advantage of the technology of electronic paper is that paper is no longer necessary, and trees do not need to be cut for paper production. Thus, the electronic paper will take us closer to a better world, a more green.

Marco Gustafsson is author of articles on eBook Readers, e-inc technology and electronic books. Find more information here – Digital Book Readers

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