p2pnet.net News:- An energy efficient ‘newspaper’ readers download to a device with a flat, electronic screen, could offer a way to slow down the devastation being wrought on forests everywhere.

Over the last two weeks, ten households in Sundsvall in northern Sweden have been evaluating the paperless paper, says The Local, quoting Dagens Nyheter.

a state-of-the-art e-paper prototype that may come to revolutionise the newspaper industry, .

“Selected readers of Sundsvalls Tidning were asked to download the newspaper twice daily onto an e-reader – a flat, paperback-sized device with an electronic paper screen,” says the story.

“The latest edition of the newspaper became available to the trial group at 7 p.m. and midnight every day.”

It currently takes between three and four minutes to download the full newspaper, says The Local, adding:

“The e-reader contains more than twice as many pixels per square inch as a conventional computer screen. Thanks to electronic ink technology the e-reader has something of the appearance of ordinary paper.

“Unlike a backlit computer screen, e-paper reflects light in the same way as regular paper and can be read in any light and at any angle. The e-reader is also energy-saving in that it only draws on electricity for page changes.”

Also See:
The Local – Electronic newpaper could revolutionise media, November 9, 2006

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