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I2R e-Paper is erasable and reusable

, Aug 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you say e-Paper, most of us will think of the e-Readers that have the displays needing little power and offering lots of readability. A new sort of e-paper has surfaced in Taiwan that has some very cool properties. The e-Paper uses a thermal printer like you would find in a fax machine and it prints on the e-Paper using that heat. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu next-gen FLEPia color ereader revealed [Video]

, Jul 12th 2011 Discuss [2]

Fujitsu has been churning away at its FLEPia color e-paper technology for years now, and the company brought the latest fruits of that hard work to the e-Book Expo Tokyo in the form of a prototype ereader. The new 8-inch cholesteric FLEPia panel, DigInfo reports, boosts brightness, contrast and color accuracy over its predecessor, as well as offering speedier screen refresh rates. Read The Full Story

Barnes and Noble NOOK NYTimes Subscribers Get Web-Based Bonus

, Jul 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

Those of you with a NOOK on hand that have a hankering for some most popular newspaper in the world reading are in luck, The New York Times is giving a bonus to everyone who loves their paper enough to get a subscription via Barnes & Noble's most lovable ereaders. Every NOOK, NOOKcolor (also known as NOOK Color) or all-new NOOK ereader owners, essentially anyone with access to the NOOK NewsStand will be able to get access to not only a subscription to The New York Times but to the NYTime.com website as well - double win! Read The Full Story

AUO Sipix e-paper display can show video at a sloth-like 6 fps

, Jun 20th 2011 Discuss [1]

Today one of the big downsides to e-paper displays is that most of them can't show video. The screens are also generally only in gray scale as well. That gray scale bit is changing with some of the color screens that are coming to the market eventually from E-ink. The colors the E-ink screen shows aren’t nearly as nice looking as a normal LCD though. The upside to e-paper and E-ink screens is that the things sip power making the devices they are integrated into much easier on batteries than devices with an LCD. Eventually we will end up with color e-paper screens that will run full motion 30-fps video, but that tech is not here yet. Read The Full Story

Polymer Vision 6″ rollable display demoed; Phone/tablet hybrid teased [Video]

, May 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

The Polymer Vision saga continues, and after new owner Wistron failed to deliver the folding ereader promised for 2010, they've gone back to prototype basics with a new rollable display. The 6-inch panel is capable of monochrome images, and runs at 800 x 600. Read The Full Story

Ricoh color e-paper display promises 2.5x brightness

, May 18th 2011 Discuss [1]

Ricoh has revealed a new color e-paper technology that, the company reckons, offers 4x the color range of existing systems, along with 2.5x the white reflectivity brightness for cleaner text and images. On show at SID 2011 this week, the new display uses a lamination electrochromic method of production which forms separate cyan, magenta and yellow organic layers between two substrates. Read The Full Story

Epson and E Ink out 300dpi high-speed epaper display

, May 17th 2011 Discuss [0]

Epson and E Ink have thrown their hats into the high-resolution mobile display ring, promising a 9.68-inch 300dpi panel for SID 2011. Unlike the pixel-packing LCDs Toshiba, Samsung and LG are hawking, Epson and E Ink are looking to e-paper for their screen salvation: the monochrome panel runs at a hefty 2,400 x 1,650. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm mirasol gets intelligent LED lighting; in ereaders this fall

, May 11th 2011 Discuss [5]

Adding illumination to e-paper screens seems pretty counter-intuitive - after all, what makes the display technology special is that it looks like paper and doesn't need backlighting - but that's just what Qualcomm has done with its latest mirasol prototype. It makes sense, too, The Digital Reader discovered when Qualcomm whipped out the ereader mock-up at CES On The Hill this week; rather than backlighting the display, the new mirasol model actually has an embedded front light. Read The Full Story

Samsung reportedly buys Liquavista e-paper specialists [Updated]

, Jan 18th 2011 Discuss [1]

Samsung has reportedly bought Liquavista, the electrowetting screen specialists whose e-paper displays were poised to take on E Ink and mirasol. Neither company has confirmed the deal, but a translated Dutch job listing suggests that "the organization has a new Liquavista division of Samsung." Read The Full Story

HTC E Ink plus 3D displays & cameras in consideration tips job spec

, Nov 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

HTC could be looking to use low-power E Ink epaper as well as 3D-capable displays and cameras in future devices, if a job description for a role at the company is to be believed. The position - baseband design engineer - calls for someone familiar with "multiple display technologies( TFT-LCD, PMOLED, AMOLED, E-ink, etc)" and "with 3D display and imaging technologies." Read The Full Story

Disposable E-Paper on the Prototype Tip

, Nov 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

So you're totally tired of all the old ways. Books? Useless. You're not into the whole "retro" thing, and you want people to know that you're on the cutting edge. The technology edge. So what do you think that heavenly next thing is? How about some disposable e-paper? University of Cincinnati electrical engineering professor Andrew Steckl decided he wanted that too. So what did he do? He demonstrated that electrowetting works on a paper substrate just as well as it does on glass. What's that mean? It means there's going to be some e-paper on paper. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: November 17 2010

, Nov 17th 2010 Discuss [0]

Today we talk about, believe it or not, methane powered computers! Better hope you don't get too close to a heat source. Uh oh. Then there's a Berlin showing of some fantastic looking color e-paper, sponsored by Bridgestone, Epson, and Samsung, but made by an unknown producer. Then PALM throws down the gauntlet saying they'll reclaim their smartphone "birthright" soon, and BYD Alice Tegra 2 Froyo tablet wants a chomp of the tablet market too. All this and MORE on todays SlashGear Morning Wrap-up! Read The Full Story
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