Should no new tweets be posted for a while, the screen
of the electronic paper display will refresh and go into slideshow mode, showing older images containing the necessary tags.
This new industrial and sales partnership aims to accelerate broader adoption
of electronic paper in smart retail applications.
Welcome to the
dawn of electronic paper: the reliable track record of first - generation products and the know - how of technology pioneers that make them tick.
Most important, however, is its groundbreaking ability to connect various
sizes of electronic paper displays and even multiple displays to a single electronic board.
Following is a breakdown of how to reap the
benefits of electronic paper by paying attention to certain axioms of creating an electronic paper signage solution.
E-Ink (electronic ink) is a popular
type of electronic paper display technology characterized by high visibility and contrast, a wide viewing angle and low power requirements.
But no worries: to help you optimize the battery efficiency
of electronic paper signage we've compiled some useful tips about our development kit's power consumption and battery life — from setting polling times to beacon intervals, there are quite a few ways of getting the most out of your batteries.
The latest e-reader news has it that E Ink Corporation USA, pioneers in the
field of electronic paper display technology has joined hands with LG.Philips LCD in creating world's first tablet size flexible electronic paper display.
Read about how to best reap the benefits
of electronic paper by paying attention to certain axioms of creating an electronic paper signage solution.
We wanted to help signage integrators understand the battery use that e-paper signs will support in a particular deployment scenario by examining how different factors impact the functioning and life expectancy of the lithium - polymer powered
batteries of our electronic paper development kits.
The Software Suite takes charge of the operational
aspects of an electronic paper sign, from battery performance analytics, to signal strength and the live view of the content displayed, all the way to the screen tiling settings.
«Our objective was to give life to surfaces around us,» said Barrett Comiskey, the
inventor of electronic paper when asked about the idea behind electronic ink, «and to do so in a way that we're accustomed to, as opposed to the somewhat intrusive, glowing nature of the emissive displays like LCD.»
A non intrusive, natural way of conveying information to help users optimize their work environment and life in general, the tech follows the vision of Barrett Comiskey's, one of the
fathers of electronic paper.
Sony Corp. is developing a watch made
out of electronic paper for release as soon as next year in a trial of the company's new venture - style approach to creating products, according to people familiar with the matter.
Advantages of electronic paper includes low power usage (power is only drawn when the display is updated), flexibility and better readability than most displays.
Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) is now piloting the use
of electronic paper for its information boards at 11 of the city's bus stops.
From e-paper's humble beginnings in the 1970s (covered in Part 1), to the boom that was e Readers, all the way to its use in battery powered and wireless digital signs, this is the
history of electronic paper.
With electronic paper signs you can easily provide entertaining content for the waiting crowds — the 3G and Wi - Fi connectivity
of an electronic paper board will make it simple to display up to date news, interesting tidbits and other worthwhile content like weather, traffic and sports news that will make time in a waiting room pass more quickly.
The road to a viable electrophoretic display (EPD for short) that would show vivid, bright colors while still retaining the extreme energy
efficiency of electronic paper has been a winding one.
Given the inherent
limitations of electronic paper screens (slow refresh rate, greyscale, no backlight and so forth) I'd not actually recommend this unless needs must.
In fact, market forecasts show that the market for e-paper displays will reach over $ 8.59 billion by 2022, with
applications of electronic paper technology such as signage a substantial part of this market.
This technology has all the benefits
of electronic paper including low power, sunlight readability, extremely thin and light and flexible plus the added benefit of lower cost color and video.
(Later: As some commenters and tweets have noted, there are some inherent features because it's on a Mac and not a Kindle, for example, the ability to use a back - lit screen instead of Kindle's ebook reader - centric use
of an electronic paper screen.)
Capsules filled with negatively and positively charged particles color the
surface of an electronic paper display black or white when an electric charge is applied (Image source: E Ink ®)
(A) Layout of gate (green) and source / drain (yellow) levels of an active matrix backplane circuit for a sheet
of electronic paper with 256 pixels.
E Ink Corporation, the leading
provider of electronic paper display (EPD) technology, today announced the launch of its next - generation electronic ink technology, offering significant improvements in performance and shipping under the new trade name VizplexTM Imaging Film.
«A handheld electronic device comprising: a housing; an electronic paper display disposed in the housing and having a first surface area; and a liquid crystal display (LCD) disposed in the housing proximate the electronic paper display, the LCD having a second surface area that is smaller than the first surface
area of the electronic paper display.»
What is more groundbreaking is the
thickness of this electronic paper display which is lesser than 300 microns and its paper - white display is similar to a construction paper in its size and flexibility.
«The signs build on Visionect's
years of electronic paper signage expertise, and can, thanks to Mercury Innovation, withstand heat, humidity and direct sunlight and wind.