Freescale announces new fast & cheap e-reader processor
Freescale announced today a new processor called i.MX508 targeted for e-readers. The processor is based on an ARM A8 core and includes an E Ink controller. Freescale says that the chip is fast...
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Interview with Liquavista's CTO
Liquavista is based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands and was founded in 2006 (a spin-out from Philips Research Labs). They have developed a new type of display technology that can operate in transmissive,...
View ArticleLiquavista Achieves Ultra-Low Power Consumption with Latest Dynamic Low...
Liquavista announced a new dynamic frame rate capability down to frequencies as low as 1Hz, resulting in ultra-low power electrowetting display driving.“Our displays already had increased power...
View ArticlePixelQi unveiles new 10" wide-view panels, says they are 30% more power...
Pixel Qi is introducing new 10" touch-capable wideview display panels, which are 30% more power efficient than their previous models. These ones are aimed towards tablets. The company is demonstrating...
View ArticleE Ink unveils their next-gen display, the Pearl - monochrome e-paper with...
E Ink has announced their next-gen display technology called Pearl, to be released in July 2010. This new display has about 50% improved contrast ratio compared to the current Vizplex displays. The...
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Hitachi and Pixtronix announce a new MEMS display, to start production late 2011
Hitachi Displays is showing a new MEMS display prototype (2.5", 320x240), using Pixtronics' technology. They say that the power consumption is about half of a regular LCD, and it has 3 modes:...
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Seiko Epson developed a new e-paper display control platform
Seiko Epson has developed a new platform for e-paper display control that enabled high-speed refreshes for 300ppi resolution displays. The platform includes a display controller, application processor...
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AUO developed a flexible solar powered 6" e-paper display
AUO is showing a new prototype that integrates a flexible e-paper display with a flexible PV and battery. They call this an "unplugged flexible e-paper display". The display is 6" in size and offers...
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ZED: Plastic Logic and SERELEC's new flexible E Ink digital signage solution
Plastic Logic and SERELC developed together a new low-power outdoor digital signage solution based on Plastic Logic's flexible plastic displays. Each ZED (Zero Energy Display) unit consists of two...
View ArticleQualcomm unveils a 5.1" 2560x1440 (557 PPI) Mirasol display
Last year Qualcomm announced that it is no longer planning to mass produce Mirasol displays, but will attempt to license the technology for other companies. But it seems that Qualcomm is still...
View ArticleResearchers show an E Ink display that harvests its power from NFC
Researchers from the University of Washington, the University of Massachusetts and Intel Labs developed an E Ink display that is powered wirelessly using NFC. They used an NFC tag that includes a...
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Ynvisible to develop paper-thin, low-power boards and modules in a new...
Portugal-based Ynvisible is developing flexible transparent electrochromic displays and the company is already producing some displays in low volume. The company now launched a kickstarter project...
View ArticleBookeen and SunPartner co-develop a solar-powered e-reader
Bookeen and solar innovator SunPartner are developing an e-reader with a built-in solar panel. SunPartner's technology (called Wysips - What You See is Photovoltaic Surface) enables a transparent solar...
View ArticlePanasonic demonstrate batteryless NFC E Ink shelf labels
Panasonic published a new video, demonstrating its new electronic shelf labels (ESL) that are batteryless and uses NFC and an E Ink display.The ESLs are powered by Panasonic's 8-bit MN101L MCUs that...
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Visionect helps develop a solar-powered ePaper-based violence prevention system
Mexico-based PERO360 developed a new solar-powered E Ink kiosk called Community HUB, that help students in schools report violence cases anonymously and safely. A 12-month trial in Mexico saw rediced...
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Bookeen launches its solar e-reader cover
In March 2015 Bookeen announced it is developing a solar-powered e-reader cover in collaboration with Sun Partner. The Solar Leaf Cover is now available exclusively for Bookeen's Cybook Ocean, for...
View ArticleMicrosoft research developed a wireless energy-neutral E Ink display
Microsoft Research developed a small e-paper (E Ink) based display that harvests its entire energy using photo-voltaic cells on the back. Using low-energy bluetooth the device connects tot he network...
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E Ink and Texen to bring battery-less displays based smart packaging
E Ink announced a new collaboration with Texen, a provider of product solutions for the luxury and beauty market, to bring personalized packaging solutions to cosmetic customers. The companies...
View ArticlePixelQi unveiles new 10" wide-view panels, says they are 30% more power...
Pixel Qi is introducing new 10" touch-capable wideview display panels, which are 30% more power efficient than their previous models. These ones are aimed towards tablets. The company is demonstrating...
View ArticleE Ink unveils their next-gen display, the Pearl - monochrome e-paper with...
E Ink has announced their next-gen display technology called Pearl, to be released in July 2010. This new display has about 50% improved contrast ratio compared to the current Vizplex displays. The...
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