That means that e-paper displays based
on electrowetting designs will be thicker.
The technology is based
on electrowetting, the same type of technology that... [Read more...]
Liquavista is based
on Electrowetting, which modifies the surface tension of liquids on a solid surface by using a voltage.
Based
on electrowetting technology, it can deliver monochrome reading experience having high brightness while at the same time, the screen can also deliver a vivid hi - fidelity video display having rich colors.
The technology is based
on electrowetting, the same type of technology that Liquavista developed.
Not exact matches
Krupenkin's inspiration is a technique called
electrowetting, in which a conductive liquid droplet, placed
on an electrode, is physically deformed by an applied electric charge.
Electrowetting involves modifying the surface tension of liquids
on a solid surface using a voltage.
According to Professor Alex Henzen, the core member of the SCNU team and technical leader
on e-paper, outdoor billboards made of such an
electrowetting based reflective e-paper technology would take up less than 1 % of the power consumption of LED and TFT - LCD displays of a similar size, making the new technology very attractive for the digital signage market.
(PhysOrg.com)-- By rapidly manipulating colored oil droplets stacked
on top of each other, a new
electrowetting (EW) technique could lead to the development of electronic paper displays that can produce high - resolution color video.
Samsung had acquired the Netherlands based digital publishing company that specializes in
electrowetting display technology in early 2011, though we have yet to see any product based
on it entering large scale production.
If it is a device featuring an Amazon Liquavista
electrowetting screen (which I hope it does), what kind of impact do you see it having
on the e-reader market?
Samsung spends a ridiculous amount of money
on developing its own screens and purchased Liquavista for its
electrowetting display, but could not do anything with it and sold it to Amazon.
Consumer electronics giant Samsung acquired Liquavista and is pushing the development and commercialization of the company's display technology based
on the principles of
electrowetting.
Touting a «simplified LCD - like manufacturing process,» Liquavista specializes in
Electrowetting technology, which the Netherlands - based company explained
on its website is more ideal for video content.
Liquavista's display are based
on the principle of
Electrowetting (when a voltage is used to modify the wetting properties of a solid material).
Electrowetting technology sandwiches the display media between a top and bottom layer of glass, while electrophoretic technology simply uses a polymer layer
on top.
I think the biggest draw of
electrowetting, though, is that manufacturing of these displays can be done
on virtually the same infrastructure as is used
on LCD screens.
The technology works
on a principle called
electrowetting, in which each pixel
on the screen consists of tiny capsules of an oil that respond to electrical charge.
Electrowetting displays are similar to E Ink displays used
on current Kindles (Kindle ebook readers, not Kindle tablets) in that they are more energy efficient than traditional LCD displays and unlike LCD they are readable under bright light.
Liquavista's
electrowetting displays are color, unlike the black - and - white screens used
on the Kindle ebook readers.
Always well informed
on e-reader news, Nate Hoffelder (after fooling me with the promise of an
electrowetting color screen) suggests this one will have a battery case, but details are thin
on the ground.