A display board shows the list of cancelled flights at Frankfurt airport during a nationwide strike called by the German trade union Verdi over a wage dispute in Frankfurt, Germany, March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach 

People enjoy the sun in front of the sea during unseasonably warm temperatures in Malaga, Spain, January 4, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Nazca 

Workers walk through the Canary Wharf financial district in London, Britain, December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville 

Workers walk through the Canary Wharf financial district in London, Britain, December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville 

People walk on the ledge of a bathing pool in the sea in Margate, Britain, July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Nanzing Dadi, 33, a Nigerian artist also known as Zingked, works on a mural at the Sketch restaurant, in Lagos, Nigeria June 2, 2022. Picture taken June 2, 2022. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja 

People cross a street in downtown Porto, Portugal May 7, 2022. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Harpist Lucinda Taylor performs during the rehearsal of Son Et Lumiere as part of Ripon Cathedral's 1350th anniversary celebrations in Ripon, Britain, April 27, 2022. Picture taken April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Lee Smith 

A spider climbs up a military fence near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji 

A member of the U.S. Navy operates onboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, in the Adriatic Sea, February 2, 2022. The Truman strike group is operating under NATO command and control along with several other NATO allies for coordinated maritime manoeuvres, anti-submarine warfare training and long-range training. REUTERS/Yara Nardi 

Jeremie Renier arrives to attend the funeral ceremony for late French actor Gaspard Ulliel at the Saint-Eustache church in Paris, France, January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes 

Israelis sail and enjoy the beach of the Mediterranean during a heat wave as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions ease around the country, in Ashkelon, Israel April 19, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Amir Cohen 

A halo, an optical phenomena from sunlight and ice crystals, rises above Goldberg group mountains, seen from Sonnblick summit at 3,106 meters above sea level, in the Hohe Tauern mountain range near Rauris, Austria, November 23, 2018. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner SEARCH "AUSTRIA GLACIERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

People are seen ahead of Pope Francis' arrival for a prayer vigil with youth at the Soamandrakizay Mess site in Antananarivo, Madagascar, September 7, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi 

A Sotheby's employee poses with a gold Gold Monochrome Canvas by Yves Klein during a photocall for 'The Midas Touch' collection Sotheby's in London, Britain, October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls 

A horse stands in a snow covered field in Keele, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Britain, February 27, 2018. REUTERS/Carl Recine TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Clouds gather over a soybean plantation near Tocantinia, Brazil February 19, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

The Brooklyn Bridge is seen partially in fog from in front of the Manhattan skyline in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

The Brooklyn Bridge is seen partially in fog from in front of the Manhattan skyline in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

Activists of Egyutt (Together) opposition party remove a government billboard displaying George Soros in monochrome next to a message urning Hungarians to take part in a national consultation about what it calls a plan by the Hungarian-born financier to settle a million migrants in Europe per year, in Budapest, Hungary, October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo 

A man rides his moped past a government billboard displaying George Soros in monochrome next to a message urging Hungarians to take part in a national consultation about what it calls a plan by the Hungarian-born financier to settle a million migrants in Europe per year, in Szolnok, Hungary, October 2, 2017. Picture taken October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo 

A government billboard is seen displaying George Soros in monochrome next to a message urning Hungarians to take part in a national consultation about what it calls a plan by the Hungarian-born financier to settle a million migrants in Europe per year, in Budapest, Hungary, October 4, 2017. Picture taken October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo 

Activists of Egyutt (Together) opposition party removes a government billboard displaying George Soros in monochrome next to a message urning Hungarians to take part in a national consultation about what it calls a plan by the Hungarian-born financier to settle a million migrants in Europe per year, in Budapest, Hungary, October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo 

A government billboard is seen on the side of a house displaying George Soros in monochrome next to a message urging Hungarians to take part in a national consultation about what it calls a plan by the Hungarian-born financier to settle a million migrants in Europe per year, in Budapest, Hungary, October 4, 2017. Picture taken October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo 

Drops of water are seen on a spider's web at the Chateau La Louviere in Leognan, France, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau 

Drops of water are seen on a spider's web at the Chateau La Louviere in Leognan, France, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau 

Sunlight reflects on the water's surface as people sit on chairs on a warm and sunny day on the Promenade Des Anglais in Nice, France, February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

An employee of German camera manufacturer Leica checks a monochrome camera from Leica's M series at the Leica production site in Solms, 70km south-east of Frankfurt, September 13, 2013. Leica produces its M, S and X series at their headquarters in Solms. Oskar Barnack developed the first 35mm film camera 99 years ago. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Application engineer Daniel Baum of Plastic Logic company poses with a sample of the world's first monochrome flexible plastic display based on an active matrix of organic TFTs ( thin film transistors) at their production facility in Dresden January 17, 2013. Plastic Logic have developed the world's first flexible, extremely robust plastic monochrome or colour display that can be used as e-paper, built into tablets or can enable robust mobile devices. Picture taken January 17, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Application engineer Daniel Baum of Plastic Logic company poses with a sample of the world's first colour flexible plastic display based on an active matrix of organic TFTs ( thin film transistors) at their production facility in Dresden January 17, 2013. Plastic Logic have developed the world's first flexible, extremely robust plastic monochrome or colour display that can be used as e-paper, built into tablets or can enable robust mobile devices. Picture taken January 17, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Application engineer Daniel Baum of Plastic Logic company poses with a sample of the world's first monochrome flexible plastic display based on an active matrix of organic TFTs ( thin film transistors) at their production facility in Dresden January 17, 2013. Plastic Logic have developed the world's first flexible, extremely robust plastic monochrome or colour display that can be used as e-paper, built into tablets or can enable robust mobile devices. Picture taken January 17, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

An Amazon Kindle (L-R), a Bookeen Cybook Odyssey, and a Sony Reader, all of which use technology developed by E Ink, are pictured at E Ink Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 25, 2012. Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook. After five years of heady growth during which shipments rose 100-fold, it got a jolt at the end of 2011 when monthly revenues dropped 91 percent in two months. E-readers initially benefited from their reflective displays, which can be read in sunlight and require very little power. But the success of Apple Inc's iPad, improved backlit displays, power-saving technologies and new smaller tablets all point to one thing: the e-reader has become a transitional technology. Picture taken October 25, 2012. To match Analysis EREADERS-FUTURE/ REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Several products that use technology developed by E Ink Corporation are pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 25, 2012. Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook. After five years of heady growth during which shipments rose 100-fold, it got a jolt at the end of 2011 when monthly revenues dropped 91 percent in two months. E-readers initially benefited from their reflective displays, which can be read in sunlight and require very little power. But the success of Apple Inc's iPad, improved backlit displays, power-saving technologies and new smaller tablets all point to one thing: the e-reader has become a transitional technology. Picture taken October 25, 2012. To match Analysis EREADERS-FUTURE/ REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

The Seiko Active Matrix EPD watch, which uses active matrix technology developed by E Ink Corporation, is pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 25, 2012. Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook. After five years of heady growth during which shipments rose 100-fold, it got a jolt at the end of 2011 when monthly revenues dropped 91 percent in two months. E-readers initially benefited from their reflective displays, which can be read in sunlight and require very little power. But the success of Apple Inc's iPad, improved backlit displays, power-saving technologies and new smaller tablets all point to one thing: the e-reader has become a transitional technology. Picture taken October 25, 2012. To match Analysis EREADERS-FUTURE/ REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

The Phosphor World Time watch, which uses E Ink's segmented display, and the Seiko Active Matrix EPD watch, which uses active matrix technology developed by E Ink Corporation, are pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 25, 2012. Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook. After five years of heady growth during which shipments rose 100-fold, it got a jolt at the end of 2011 when monthly revenues dropped 91 percent in two months. E-readers initially benefited from their reflective displays, which can be read in sunlight and require very little power. But the success of Apple Inc's iPad, improved backlit displays, power-saving technologies and new smaller tablets all point to one thing: the e-reader has become a transitional technology. Picture taken October 25, 2012. To match Analysis EREADERS-FUTURE/ REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

E Ink Corporation's logo is pictured in their offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 25, 2012. Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook. After five years of heady growth during which shipments rose 100-fold, it got a jolt at the end of 2011 when monthly revenues dropped 91 percent in two months. E-readers initially benefited from their reflective displays, which can be read in sunlight and require very little power. But the success of Apple Inc's iPad, improved backlit displays, power-saving technologies and new smaller tablets all point to one thing: the e-reader has become a transitional technology. Picture taken October 25, 2012. To match Analysis EREADERS-FUTURE/ REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS LOGO SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Portraits of Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman are shown on the home screens of Nook readers from Barnes & Noble, which use technology developed by E Ink Corporation, in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 25, 2012. Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook. After five years of heady growth during which shipments rose 100-fold, it got a jolt at the end of 2011 when monthly revenues dropped 91 percent in two months. E-readers initially benefited from their reflective displays, which can be read in sunlight and require very little power. But the success of Apple Inc's iPad, improved backlit displays, power-saving technologies and new smaller tablets all point to one thing: the e-reader has become a transitional technology. Picture taken October 25, 2012. To match Analysis EREADERS-FUTURE/ REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Watches from Seiko and Phosphor as well as readers from Barnes & Noble, Bookeen, and Amazon, which all use technology developed by E Ink Corporation, are pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 25, 2012. Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook. After five years of heady growth during which shipments rose 100-fold, it got a jolt at the end of 2011 when monthly revenues dropped 91 percent in two months. E-readers initially benefited from their reflective displays, which can be read in sunlight and require very little power. But the success of Apple Inc's iPad, improved backlit displays, power-saving technologies and new smaller tablets all point to one thing: the e-reader has become a transitional technology. Picture taken October 25, 2012. To match Analysis EREADERS-FUTURE/ REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

A portrait of Walt Whitman is shown on the home screen of a Nook reader from Barnes & Noble, which uses technology developed by E Ink Corporation, in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 25, 2012. Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook. After five years of heady growth during which shipments rose 100-fold, it got a jolt at the end of 2011 when monthly revenues dropped 91 percent in two months. E-readers initially benefited from their reflective displays, which can be read in sunlight and require very little power. But the success of Apple Inc's iPad, improved backlit displays, power-saving technologies and new smaller tablets all point to one thing: the e-reader has become a transitional technology. Picture taken October 25, 2012. To match Analysis EREADERS-FUTURE/ REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Portraits of Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman are shown on the home screens of Nook readers from Barnes & Noble, which use technology developed by E Ink Corporation, in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 25, 2012. Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook. After five years of heady growth during which shipments rose 100-fold, it got a jolt at the end of 2011 when monthly revenues dropped 91 percent in two months. E-readers initially benefited from their reflective displays, which can be read in sunlight and require very little power. But the success of Apple Inc's iPad, improved backlit displays, power-saving technologies and new smaller tablets all point to one thing: the e-reader has become a transitional technology. Picture taken October 25, 2012. To match Analysis EREADERS-FUTURE/ REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Watches from Seiko and Phosphor as well as an Amazon Kindle, which all use technology developed by E Ink Corporation, are pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 25, 2012. Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook. After five years of heady growth during which shipments rose 100-fold, it got a jolt at the end of 2011 when monthly revenues dropped 91 percent in two months. E-readers initially benefited from their reflective displays, which can be read in sunlight and require very little power. But the success of Apple Inc's iPad, improved backlit displays, power-saving technologies and new smaller tablets all point to one thing: the e-reader has become a transitional technology. Picture taken October 25, 2012. To match Analysis EREADERS-FUTURE/ REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Watches from Seiko and Phosphor as well as readers from Barnes & Noble and Bookeen, which all use technology developed by E Ink Corporation, are pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts October 25, 2012. Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader. Take Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook. After five years of heady growth during which shipments rose 100-fold, it got a jolt at the end of 2011 when monthly revenues dropped 91 percent in two months. E-readers initially benefited from their reflective displays, which can be read in sunlight and require very little power. But the success of Apple Inc's iPad, improved backlit displays, power-saving technologies and new smaller tablets all point to one thing: the e-reader has become a transitional technology. Picture taken October 25, 2012. To match Analysis EREADERS-FUTURE/ REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

French Minitel terminals are stacked while waiting to be broken down into their components for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

The plastic shell and keyboard of a French Minitel terminal is broken down for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

French Minitel terminals are stacked while waiting to be broken down into their components for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

French Minitel terminals are stacked while waiting to be broken down into their components for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

Telephone cables lay on the floor as a man works near a stack of French Minitel terminals which are to be broken down into their components for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

A man works near a stack of French Minitel terminals which are to be broken down into their components for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

French Minitel terminals are stacked while waiting to be broken down into their components for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

A man works behind a stack of French Minitel terminals which are to be broken down into its components for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

Circuit boards from French Minitel terminals which are broken down into its components, are collected for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

Circuit boards from French Minitel terminals which are broken down into its components, are collected for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

Circuit boards from French Minitel terminals which are broken down into its components, are collected for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

The plastic shell and keyboard of a French Minitel terminal is broken down for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

The plastic shell of a French Minitel terminal moves on a conveyor belt as it is broken down for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

A man separates components from a French Minitel terminal which are to be broken down for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

A man works with screens from French Minitel terminals which are to be broken down into its components for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) 

A man works with screens from French Minitel terminals which are to be broken down into its components for recycling in Portet-Sur-Garonne, southwestern France May 23, 2012. The Minitel, the box-like terminal with a keyboard and monochrome screen, was introduced on the market in 1982 by telecommunications operator France Telecom and used by the French to get information as a phone directory or to purchase train tickets. Although there are between 600,000 - 700,000 of the units still in use, the Minitel service will end on June 30, 2012. REUTERS/Bruno Martin (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT)