E-paper solution instead of the paper work

Description:

Now, people are more and more worried about the running out of natural resources especially oil. And because of the problems like global warming and worldwide lack of water, protecting the resources like water and trees is also important. Because paper industry has a huge requirement for woods, people are now concerning some reforms in this industry in order to protect the forest. Moreover these reforms would also affect the publishing, entertainment and news industry. One solution is the E-paper solution using Internet to transfer the electronic version books and magazines.

Enablers:

- The development of technology both in software and hardware.
- The global warming issue.
- People realize the importance of protecting the forest.
- The high possession of PC and PDA.

Inhibitors:

- Not as convenient as paper work newspapers and magazines.
- The copyright issues.
- There is no best solution.
- Heavily relying on computers causes issues like security, influences on human health and etc.