Belgium tests first electronic newspaper
The first newspaper on electronic paper is being tested in Belgium. The news should be able to be read on the screen as if it were printed.
In Belgium, the first newspaper is published on
tested on electronic paper. The messages are to be sent on
screen as if it were printed, reports the Basler Zeitung.
The pages are turned at the touch of a button. The device, called Iliad, is operated by the
Dutch Philips subsidiary iRex Technologies produces and distributes
is based on a technology developed by the American company E Ink.
Display technology. The Iliad display works with 16 shades of gray and 170
pixels per inch (dpi), which corresponds to the resolution of a printed newspaper.
corresponds. The electronic paper is not yet manageable.
roll up, although at 0.3 millimeters it is almost as thick and
is as flexible as real paper. The remaining electronics still require a
fixed housing. Iliad also has a USB connection and a
WLAN card to download the current issue from the Internet daily
to play. It also has slots for memory cards.
200 subscribers to the Belgian daily newspaper De Tijd will be
test the electronic newspaper. Similar newspaper projects should
according to iRex in the USA, Sweden and Great Britain, writes
the Baz.
tested on electronic paper. The messages are to be sent on
screen as if it were printed, reports the Basler Zeitung.
The pages are turned at the touch of a button. The device, called Iliad, is operated by the
Dutch Philips subsidiary iRex Technologies produces and distributes
is based on a technology developed by the American company E Ink.
Display technology. The Iliad display works with 16 shades of gray and 170
pixels per inch (dpi), which corresponds to the resolution of a printed newspaper.
corresponds. The electronic paper is not yet manageable.
roll up, although at 0.3 millimeters it is almost as thick and
is as flexible as real paper. The remaining electronics still require a
fixed housing. Iliad also has a USB connection and a
WLAN card to download the current issue from the Internet daily
to play. It also has slots for memory cards.
200 subscribers to the Belgian daily newspaper De Tijd will be
test the electronic newspaper. Similar newspaper projects should
according to iRex in the USA, Sweden and Great Britain, writes
the Baz.
