Plastic Logic's first commercial application is likely to be as backplanes for liquid-crystal displays or electronic paper.

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These electronic pages use less power than liquid crystal displays and also look more like printed paper.

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That is because electronic paper does not need backlighting in the way that liquid-crystal displays do (see article) and making beads or capsules change colour does not take much energy.

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