Via Jason, this fascinating piece on electronic paper. Too cool. The process makes use of an "oily" ink and a water-resistant surface. As a student of the graphic arts, I'm struck by how uncannily the technology--or at least the description of it--resembles lithography--a nineteenth-century planar printing technique that capitalizes on the simple chemical fact that oil and water don't mix.
Posted by karik at September 25, 2003 6:20 PM | TrackBackIt's the description of the voltage applied to the oily ink that really caught my eye, causing the latter to expand and contract "like a bead of water on a teflon pan." There's the repellency factor, redolent of the antipathy of oil and water.