E-ink and e-reader (Kindle)
Tinta electrónica y libro electrónico (Kindle)
- Date
- 1997-2007 · confidence high
- Place
- MIT Media Lab and E Ink, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; Amazon Kindle (2007)
- Credited to
- Joseph Jacobson, Barrett Comiskey and JD Albert (E Ink); Amazon (Kindle)
- People
- 👤 Barrett Comiskey1975–👤 Jonathan D. Albert1975–👤 Joseph M. Jacobson1965–
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A microcapsule display that reads like paper without backlighting and with almost no power consumption, built into a reader connected to an online library. It made the consumer e-book viable.
What it led to
- Digital publishing and self-publishing
- The transformation of bookshops and the publishing business
- Low-power electronic labels and signage
Built on
Made possible
- self-publishing
- electronic shelf labels