E-paper, also known as electronic paper or electronic ink display, is a display technology that reflects light like ordinary paper. It uses electronic ink to hold text and images and has the advantages of being lightweight, durable, low power consuming, and reducing eye strain. E-paper works by having an electronic circuit back plane and an e-ink front plane. It was first developed in 1974 and works by using tiny plastic beads within a flexible plastic sheet to display an image or text. Some disadvantages are that it is very slow for switching images and video. E-paper has applications in electronic books, newspapers, mobile displays, and computer monitors.