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January 28th, 2004

E Inker on the ‘why’

“There aren’t enough trees in China to make enough schoolbooks for their kids. And kids are trudging around in their 40-lbs. backpacks here.” - Michael McCreary, vice president of advanced research at E Ink, as quoted in a UPI article on the latest in flexible displays. (Via Pocket PC eBooks Watch.)

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