With youth unemployment above 60 percent, South Africa is betting on digital skills to drive inclusive growth. Here is how MICT SETA is positioning the next generation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Write, heat, write again with rewritable ‘paper’
A group of scientists in Taiwan has developed a rewritable electronic paper that needs no power source to maintain display of an image printed on it, and just needs to be re-heated to wipe it for re-use up to 260 times.
Unlike the e-book technology now available on the market, the rewritable e-paper called “i2R e-paper” does not need to be back lit and therefore does not consume electricity, according to the island’s top industrial research unit Industrial Technology Research Institute.
Read more on Gearburn.com
