"Jose" wrote in message
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There will be newspapers, books, etc that have animated
pictures.

Doesn't that sort of go against things? Animation requires constant
screen writing, negating the power advantages of electronic paper.

That all depends on the implementation.

However, it's not hard to imagine a technology in which some portion of the
display is animated, while most of it remains static, allowing just enough
power consumption to support the animation. The total power consumption
might well be significantly less than a conventional display.

Of course, don't forget that power consumption isn't the whole point of
electronic paper. Not losing the display in the event of a power failure is
another benefit. Someone building an e-paper-based solution may decide that
there's a use for an animation, even at the extra power cost, as long as the
whole display doesn't disappear when the power goes out.

I'm still waiting for the "individual chart pages" e-paper product. It
would use RFID technology to encode charts one anticipates needing, which
could then just be put into small binder for a given flight. One would
still bring the somewhat larger, powered single-page unit to deal with
flight plan changes, but would not be relying on a powered electronic device
for the most likely scenario of the flight. That way, a failure of the
powered device isn't a big problem (and you still don't need to carry the
big book of paper charts ).

Pete