tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20172314.post5249096642335731973..comments2008-11-13T07:02:41.225-05:00Lawrence W. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114580620145534592noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20172314.post-82822717962932668882008-11-12T22:21:00.000-05:002008-11-12T22:21:00.000-05:00It works for me to describe the e-ink screens like an etch-a-scetch for grown ups (remember that children's toy?). Just that it works the opposite way (you don't scratch away the particles to make a letter but assemble them to make one). The electricity makes the little ink particles stick to a particular part of the screen with a short electric impulse. They stay there until the device sends a new impulse to rearrange the particles and place them somewhere else. That's why the energy usage is so low. You only need one jolt of energy per page turn, and none in between.pictopediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17513143989416299006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20172314.post-82754401761574814512008-05-01T13:19:00.000-04:002008-05-01T13:19:00.000-04:00About the e-ink screen: To put it simply, it's really tiny ink droplets and they are rearranged electronically. That is why the Kindle needs no power while it displays a page and only uses power to change the display. Also, why it emits no light but uses reflected light just like a real paper page.someonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20172314.post-3738564135989020022008-02-27T18:57:00.000-05:002008-02-27T18:57:00.000-05:00[waves] Hi Heather! :)<BR/>About the Kindle -- it looks amazing. I wish I had one with me this last year as I traveled around the world. Bus rides through the Himalayas and Rwenzori mountains get long (understatement of the year)...and books get heavy! Besides, hostel's libraries are a little lacking in substance. This Kindle would've been useful. <BR/>Hope you have fun with your Kindle. If you're not, they're selling like mad on ebay.<BR/><BR/>~ MonikaMonikahttp://www.paulandmonika.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20172314.post-17071376854603967382008-02-18T08:14:00.000-05:002008-02-18T08:14:00.000-05:00I have no idea how they accomlish it, but it's called "e-ink." The screen emits no light, and it looks just about like a book page. <BR/><BR/>My only complaints about the screen itself is that the contrast isn't quite sharp enough. The background is not realy white, like a sheet of paper. It's kind of grayish, so the letters don't stand out quite as distinctly.Lawrence W. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114580620145534592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20172314.post-56329555930365565402008-02-17T21:33:00.000-05:002008-02-17T21:33:00.000-05:00how do they make an unlit electronic screen?your daughternoreply@blogger.com