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.

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