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To: Judith Williams who wrote (36958)	12/23/2000 9:07:51 PM
From: tinkershaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

I was under the impression that MEMs, tiny and efficient, still do their heavy lifting in the electrical domain. Judith, Typical MEMS devices do apparently consume large quantities of electricity. The latest development out of Xerox apparently is very electricity friendly in comparison to alternatives being developed. But in optical terms it is all optical. The device essentially reflects light on some sort of substrate, which enables it to switch light passively without any OEM transformation. Just remains pure light. Lightreading.com should have the article on this topic. Give it a looksee. Tinker