Electronic Ink - 1997

Electronic Ink is first developed at MIT Media Lab. E INK, Corp was formed in 1997 to promote and diffuse this new technology.According to their web site, Electronic Ink is not new science, but rather a careful fusion of physics, chemistry and electronics. The ink consists of tiny microcapusles with charged particles that make it one color or another.

This ink can be placed on any type of surface, including the long favored paper medium.