A method for providing electronic content via an electronic reader, wherein the electronic reader comprises alternative energy to power the electronic reader, the method comprising:
- converting solar energy, through a photovoltaic cell of the electronic reader, into electrical current to utilize the solar energy of the sun, wherein the photovoltaic cell is made into a thin film in order to obtain an efficiency of greater than fourteen percent in the conversion of the solar energy into electrical current, wherein the thin film of the photovoltaic cell comprises a silicon selected from one of an amorphous silicon, protocrystalline silicon, nanocrystalline silicon, and black silicon, and wherein the thin film of the photovoltaic cell comprises a photosensitive dye to generate a photoelectron to create the electrical current in order to reduce cost of the conversion of the solar energy into electrical current;
- generating electrical energy or current via a mechanical device, wherein the mechanical device comprises a dynamo with a hand crank electromechanically coupled to the electronic reader in order to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy;
- storing the electrical current into a battery to provide a power source to the electronic reader, wherein the electronic reader is encased in a bioplastic in order to reduce damage to an electrical component of the electronic reader, wherein the bioplastic is a plastic material derived from a biomass source comprising one of a vegetable oil, a corn starch, a pea starch, and a microbiota, wherein the bioplastic has a characteristic to absorb humidity;
- storing electronic content in a solid state drive in the electronic reader, wherein a writable storage capacity of the solid state drive is reduced in order to reduce power consumption and heat generation of the solid state drive, wherein a write performance is slower than a read performance, and wherein the electronic content comprises an educational lesson;
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- powering the electronic reader through the battery to provide the electronic content to the user via a display of the electronic reader, wherein the display is either:
- a display comprising organic light emitting diode, wherein said organic light emitting diode is a light emitting diode comprising an emissive electroluminescent layer comprising a film of an organic compound, and wherein the organic light emitting diode is printed onto a substrate with one of an inkjet printer and a screen printing device;
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- a liquid crystal display, wherein said liquid crystal display is a bitstable display, wherein the bitstable display reduces power consumption of the display;
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- illuminating a room via a light source coupled to the electronic reader in order to provide light to the user, wherein the light source is separate from the display.