E-Ink (an MIT spinoff) and Gyricon (a Xerox Palo Alto Research Center spinoff) are making similar products but with a less efficient process.

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But whereas E-Ink and Gyricon require expensive custom-designed manufacturing facilities and new equipment to produce their displays, Ntera's technology is specifically suited for existing plant and equipment used by LCD manufacturers, which already dominate the electronic display market.

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Dr Sheridon has come up with a so-called wand an electronic stick that can hold ten full-size books and also transfer text on to a sheet of Gyricon if a user runs the wand over the surface like a handheld scanner.

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