New e-paper device: Sony DPT-CP1

Sony's DPT-CP1 is an A5-sized digital paper that uses a 10.3" 1404x1872 (224 PPI) E Ink display. The DPT-CP1 is used to view, annotate and create documents, and uses a stylus. The device has 16GB of storage, can last around a month on a single battery charge and can be connected to Android, iOS, Windows and Mac devices.
The DPT-CP1 will ship in Japan in June 2018 for around $650.

ePaper display density breakthrough.

Plastic Logic, a design and manufacturer of glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs), has reportedly achieved a breakthrough 155% improvement in the display density of its plastic EPDs and has produced a sample display with a pixel density of 500ppi.

This has been achieved through advances in Plastic Logic’s transistor matrix backplane, with the new displays using the same Eink overlay as the company’s previous displays. Further image improvements can be expected when using the latest e-paper technology. Prior to this technology breakthrough Plastic Logic’s most advanced commercially available display was 196ppi in a 4.7” form factor.

Commenting Tim Burne, CEO, Plastic Logic, said: “Our flexible OTFT driven EPDs have advantages over traditional glass displays, in terms of their power consumption, daylight readability, etc. but one of the perceived limitations of the technology has always been the display density. With our new 500ppi display capability we’re not only breaking through that barrier and giving ourselves a real competitive advantage but also creating a real opportunity to widen the potential appeal of ePaper technology.” According to Burne new generations of e-readers, luggage tags and signage could all benefit from this improved display density along with, “a whole raft of new use cases that haven’t been imagined yet.”

As well improving the definition of general imagery, Plastic Logic’s 500ppi displays makes written text much sharper. This is particularly positive for symbol-based languages such as Chinese and Japanese where detail has previously been lost due to PPI limitations.

Another use case benefiting from the improved display density would be applications where accurate lines/measurements are critical, such as ePaper rulers, portable mapping or CAD drawings.

Meet SRD: Bodle's e-paper display technology based on PCM materials.

While E Ink is certainly the clear leader in the e-paper market, some companies are developing what they hope will become next-gen e-paper displays. Bodle, based in Oxford, UK, is developing a technology it calls SRD, based on research that started in Oxford University a few years ago.

SRD, or Solid-State Reflective Displays, creates color using light interference inside an ultra-thin film. The film contains a phase-change material, the same one used in writable CD-R discs. When this material is switched between its amorphous and crystalline phases, the color is changed.

SRD displays do not require any pigments, dyes or liquids - and can reportedly achieve bright and vivid colors. Bodle says that its technology, compared to other reflective and e-paper displays, offers a wider color gamut, high brightness, lower power and a fast response time - enough to show videos. SRD displays can also achieve very high resolutions, over 1,000 PPI.

Bodle's VP of business development, Dr. Richard Holliday, updates us that while the techonology is still in a "laboratory phase", the company has already proven that SRD displays can achieve vibrant colors and fast switching. The company is now busy building its first full-scale prototype. The production process itself is simple and uses only solid-state films, which the company hopes will enable it to be cost competitive with other displays.

Fore more information, see Bodle's web site.

Electronic paper traffic signs in Sydney, Australia.

Electronic paper traffic signs overcome the visibility and powering issues of traditional road signage, improving daily transit and simplifying road sign deployment. Independent from the power grid and updatable from a central location, the traffic signs reduce strain on resources and decrease the costs of temporary sign placement. First deployed in Sydney, Australia.

New e-paper device: Dasung Paperlike Pro.

Dasung's 2nd-gen E Ink monitor, the Paperlike Pro, uses a 13.3" monochrome Carta E Ink display with a 1600x1200 resolution. It includes an HDMI input. Dasung promises that the refresh rate will be almost equal to an LCD.



Dasung has launched a crowdfunding campaign for the PaperLike Pro, during which you can acquire the monitor for $799. Normal price will be $999.

Japan Display developed a 400-600 PPI E Ink backplane.

Japan Display (JDI) announced that it has developed the world's highest-definition e-paper backplane, that enables E Ink dispalys to reach 400-600 PPI. This development is the first achievement of the strategic alliance between JDI and E Ink announced in November 2016.

The new backplane is based on LTPS (the same backplane used for high-end LCD and OLED displays) and enables e-paper displays o reach WXGA and FHD resolutions.

Simple is always best. Soofa, a spinoff of MIT, joined forces with Visionect to activate public spaces in Boston. The result is the Soofa Sign, a solar-powered bulletin board with an electronic paper screen to share information with the local community, contributing to the city’s sustainability goals. All it takes to install this smart urban display are four bolts fixing the sign in place.

more info here.

Sony DPT-RP1 - New e-paper device.

Sony's DPT-RP1 is the company 2nd-gen 13" Digital Paper tablet that features a 1650x2200 (206 DPI) Mobius flexible E Ink touch display, Wi-Fi and support for handwriting input.
The DPT-RP1 will cost $700.

Visionect launches a new 13.3" digital E Ink sign.

Visionect announced a new 13.3" E Ink based sign display called OneThree. This battery-powered wireless display is a "place & play" digital sign that can display information in any place.

The OneThree casing is made of fully recyclable aluminum and glass and the display is a low-power E Ink display (Visionect says that it uses as much energy in a year as it takes to boil a cup of water). The OneThree will start shipping in the fall of 2017.

Installation of E Ink enabled signage at the Estonia National Museum.

ePaper Signage Solutions

New e-paper device: Oaxis InkCase IVY

The Oaxis InkCase IVY is a smart iPhone 7 case that offers a 2.13" E Ink display that can display the time, notifications, to-do lists and calendar reminders. It can also be customized to show an image so to enhance the style of your iPhone case. The IVY can last up to two months between charges, and protects your phone using BubblePro drop protection tech.

The IVY will ship soon and is ready for pre-order at $49 for the black and white version and $52 for the wood finish model (these prices are lower than the price after launch).

New e-paper device: reMarkable paper tablet.

reMarkable is a "paper tablet", or more precisely a 10.3" 1872 x 1404 E Ink tablet. The display is relatively fast (55 ms) and supports pen input. Other features include 8GB of storage, 512MB of RAM, a 1Ghz ARM A9 CPU, 3,000mAh battery and ePub and PDF file support.

The reMarkable will ship in the summer of 2017, you can pre-order one now for $375.

Graphene membranes may hold the key to low-power color e-paper.

Researchers from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands designed graphene-based "mechanical pixels" that could, among other applications, be someday used to enable color IMOD e-paper displays.

In these so-called "graphene balloons", a double layer of graphene (two atoms thick) is deposited on top of circular indents cut into silicon. The graphene membranes enclose air inside the cavities, and the position of the membranes can be changed by applying a pressure difference between the inside and the outside. When the membranes are closer to the silicon they appear blue; when the membranes are pushed away they appear red.

What causes the color change effect is the interference between light waves reflected from the bottom of the cavity and the membrane on top. These reflected waves interfere constructively or destructively depending on the position of the membrane – either adding up or cancelling out different parts of the spectrum of white light. This interference enhances or reduces certain colors in the reflected light. This is basically an IMOD display system, similar to Qualcomm's Mirasol technology.

Source: Graphene-Info

Guangzou OED develops a graphene-based e-paper technology.

China-based e-paper developer Guangzou OED Technologies announced that it developed a new graphene e-paper technology. The company aims to start producing these new screens within a year.

Graphene is the world's strongest and most conductive (to both electricity and heat) material, and it is set to revolutionize many industries - including the display industry. The company says that the new graphene-based paper is brighter and more flexible. The graphene paper is also said to have "more intensity",

It's not clear what the role of the graphene in this new screen is... but it's likely that the graphene is used as a conductor material in the display's touch panel. It is also possible that the display itself uses graphene electrodes, but this technology is far less mature.

Interestingly Guangzou OED said that it developed the new screen in collaboration with a "company in Chongqing. This city is the home of the world's largest graphene plant (owned by Ningo Morsh), and also to Chongqing Morsh Technology, who is producing single-layer graphene films (using graphene produced by Ningo) that are used to produce graphene-based touch panels. This may hint that indeed the new display uses a graphene touch panel.

New technologies uses phase-change materials to create efficient and bright e-paper displays.

Oxford University researchers developed new technology based on phase-change materials (similar to ones used in re-writable DVDs) that can be used to create non-volatile highly-efficient e-paper displays. Oxford established a new company called Bodle Technologies to commercialize this new technology

The phase-change materials can manipulate light - by electrical, optical or mechanical means - they can be used to filter, steer or dim light using very little power. Bodle already demonstrated a sub-100nm pixel size and a very rich color gamut (they say it exceeds "other display technologies"). David Fyfe (the executive chairman of Oxford Photovoltaics and the former CEO of Cambridge Display Technology) will serve as executive chairman.

Source: Oxford University, Bodle Technologies

E Ink and Netronix announced a new JV to integrate and assemble e-paper devices.

E Ink Holdings announced a new joint-venture with e-reader maker Netronix. The two companies iwll launch a new JV (Netronix will hold a 51% share) in China's Jaingsu province that will focus on e-paper system integration and product assembly services.

E Ink says that the new venture will provide its services for applications such as smartphone back covers, electronic shelf labels and e-paper billboards. Production (or assembly/integration, really) will begin in October 2015.

Pebble Time is an awesome watch.

Pebble Technology, the company behind the successful Pebble smartwatch, is now developing a new version called Pebble Time - that sports a color e-paper display. The company launched a kickstarter campaign with an aim to raise $500,000. It took them one hour to raise $1 million, and now they already passed $ 11 million in funding.

The Pebble time uses a "color e-paper display" The original pebble used a 1.26" (144x168) monochrome memory LCD (transflective LCD made by Sharp). It's not clear what kind of displays will be used in the new Pebble, but as far as we know sharp do not produce a color memory LCD.


Source: Kickstarter

Motion Display

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Motion Displays nemen nauwelijks ruimte in, zijn licht van gewicht en de batterij gaat maandenlang mee. Motion Displays zijn volledig aan te passen aan een bepaalde boodschap en/of huisstijl. Het resultaat is dat uw product opvalt, ongeacht het aantal concurrenten in het schap! Motion Displays worden gemaakt van duurzaam materiaal en geschikt voor iedere Retail omgeving.

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Ynvisible to develop paper-thin, low-power boards and modules in a new Arduino-based platform

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 called Printoo that aims to develop an Arduino-based platform of paper-thin, low-power boards and modules.

The company already reached their financing goal of $20,000

Posted on April 21, 2014

Yesterday we reached our funding goal after ~72 hours. We can’t thank you enough for your support! We have been absolutely overwhelmed with the fantastic feedback we’ve had from everyone.

 

The Printoo platform includes 17 modules, including a microprocessor, a printed battery, Ynvisible's flexible, transparent display and a flexible solar cell. This is pretty cool stuff and it'll be great to see how the company delivers on their promise.

Sony to bring its 13.3" Mobius Touch E Ink Digital Paper to the US.

Sony is launching its 13.3" Digital Paper device to the US. This device, intended for the legal, educational and business environments will cost $1,100. Sony's device displays PDF documents and can accept handwriting input.



The Digital Paper uses E Ink's plastic-based 1200x1600 13.3" Mobius flexible panel that use Sony's own flexible TFT technology. Other features include 4GB of internal storage, microSD slot, Wi-Fi and PDF support (no other formats will be supported!). The DPT-S1 is 6.8 mm thick and it weighs just 358 grams.