One of nanotechnology's dreams is to develop electronic paper that can update itself and fit in your pocket. Electronic newspapers, for example, would offer all the advantages of traditional newspapers: excellent resolution, high contrast displays that can be read in strong or weak light, and no need for external power. They would also be light and flexible enough to carry with you. Unlike newsprint, however, electronic newspapers would spare trees and wouldn't leave any messy ink on your fingers.
Now E-Ink, a company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced the invention of an ultra-thin, flexible computer display that can be rolled up into a narrow tube about one inch in diameter. Michael McCreary, the company’s vice president for research and development, believes that their new electronic paper (called “RadioPaper”) is going "to revolutionize the publishing industry."
A key component of RadioPaper is electronic ink, invented by physicist Joseph Jacobson and his research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab. This ink consists of tiny capsules full of particles of black and white pigment that is sensitive to electrical charges. With a negative charge, white particles move to a capsule's surface, and with a positive charge, black particles move up. In this way, the display can form words and pictures. With no charge, the pigment stays in place, so that text or graphics remain unchanged.
Part A. Answer each of the following questions about the text.
Part B. Find the word (or phrase) in the text that corresponds to the following French terms.