Gauge Newsletter September 2016 | Page 10

ELECTRONIC INK DISPLAYS The pioneer in the research of this technology is named none other than E Ink Corporation and was established back in 1997 as a spinoff from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab. B ooks and papers always held a special place in our hearts. The smell of a Moreover, the innovation of electronic freshly bought book or a long forgotten book is among the nostalgic memories displays ensured that the electronic ver- cherished by each and every bookworm. We all have experienced this closely sions of the books would be delivered knit relationship of the pen and paper in some form, along the path of our under same conditions offered by the lives. But portability, the keyword of this generation, isn’t closely related to either book physical books with the added portabil- or paper, in terms of its self-proclaimed standards of the mobile world. Hence the neces- ity of sleeker and unified design. That is, sity for a book like