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Marvell and E-Ink offer e-reader chip
Integrated offering put together 3 November 2009 16:03 GMT
Marvell and E-Ink have joined forces to create a system-on-a-chip that's designed for use in E-reader devices. It should mean that new devices are able to be rolled out increasingly quickly from any manufacturer that wants to hook it up to a screen, add a battery, design...
VIDEO: Oxford Papershow turns the pen into digital whiteboard marker
Phill Jupitus talks you through digital writing kit 21 August 2009 14:29 GMT
Oxford has launched a digital writing kit called "Papershow", which promises to allow you to display writing on paper onto the screen of a computer, projector or big screen telly.

Even better, they've roped Phill Jupitus into helping promote the thing, and the...
Flexible e-ink display "months away"
Future tech not far off 4 August 2009 9:27 GMT
A Cambridge-based company is "months away" from launching an e-ink reader with a flexible screen, according to The Times. Plastic Logic reckons that it'll be able to have a product in the market in early 2009.

The company has spent a decade and £120 million...
Prime View acquires E Ink Corporation
For $215 million 2 June 2009 10:36 GMT
Prime View International, apparently the world's highest volume supplier of ePaper display modules, has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire E Ink Corporation, the electronic paper display company for approximately $215 million.

The deal is described...
HP announces eSkins
New flexible reflective colour film available to gadget manufacturers 1 June 2009 17:05 GMT
HP has announced the launch of a new display technology that can be used to personalise consumer electronics products including mobile phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, netbooks and notebooks.

HP describes Electronic Skins, or eSkins, as a flexible reflective...
VIDEO: Ozzy Osbourne advertises Samsung phones
Says E-Ink is "Samsung voodoo, man" 22 May 2009 12:52 GMT
In the States, Samsung has got Ozzy Osbourne to advertise its latest mobiles. Here Ozzy is shown the new Alias 2 with E-Ink technology, promptly dismissed by the ageing rock star as "black magic". Hit play to see it in full...
Samsung Alias 2 launches with E-Ink display
"State-of-the-art transforming keypad" 11 May 2009 17:56 GMT
Samsung has launched a mobile phone in the States that offers a "state-of-the-art" transforming E-Ink display.

The Alias 2, described as a "next generation dual-hinge messaging phone with the convenience of an E Ink transforming keypad in a unique flip-style...
Colour e-paper debuts
Qualcomm-made display launches in MP3 player 21 October 2008 11:13 GMT
The first device with a colour e-paper display has launched.

From Freestyle Audio, it's a waterproof MP3 player with the high contrast screen angled as ideal for use in bright, outdoor conditions.

Made by Qualcomm, like other e-paper displays,...
E-Ink display phones to launch
Japanese launch for high-contrast handsets 24 July 2008 16:50 GMT
E-Ink has announced on that both Casio and Hitachi will use its E Ink Vixplex Imaging Film for the outside displays of their new clamshell phones.

Although it's unlikely these models will make it to the UK, it's a notable launch from the fact that they are...
Seiko Epson unveils A4 E-ink display
For e-newspapers 23 May 2008 11:07 GMT
Seiko Epson has unveiled a 13.4-inch, A4-size electronic paper display that's considerably larger than its previous 7-inch offering.

Offering a pixel count of 3104 x 4128 and definition is as high as 385ppi, the company says it could replace a traditional...
E-Ink display watch goes on sale
The future! On your wrist! 20 March 2008 17:00 GMT
Until now, most E-Ink watches we've seen have either been concepts, or how-much unaffordable. This new device from ThinkGeek is different though - at $250 it's a lot more within reach of the common geek's wallet.

The E-Ink technology used in this watch depicts...
Seiko Epson shows new E-Ink display
Super high-res 16 November 2007 16:31 GMT
Electronic books are in the news again with reports that Amazon may launch their "Kindle" e-book reader on Monday, so this is some particularly relevant future-tech news from the Far East.

A new electronic paper display from Seiko Epson manages a 1600 x 1200...
LG Philips patents oil and water flexi-displays
Oil and water don't mix 31 July 2007 10:04 GMT
The LG Philips LCD Company has filed a patent for a flexible display made of oil and water.

At the moment, the company makes flexible displays consisting of OLEDs on a flexible plastic.

Apparently the problem with this is the OLEDs need to be made...
Boffins create talking paper
I beg your pardon? 6 June 2007 8:30 GMT
Swedish scientists have created a talking billboard.

Researchers at the Mid Sweden University have revealed an interactive paper billboard that can carry recorded sounds.

The display, only in prototype phase at this stage, uses touch-sensitive...
LG.Philips LCD announces flexible A4 colour E-paper
A world first "breakthrough" display 14 May 2007 13:14 GMT
South Korean company LG.Philips LCD has announced today that it has developed the world’s first 14.1-inch flexible colour E-paper display, the same size as an A4 sheet of paper. This is a second breakthrough in E-paper for LG.Philips LCD, which introduced the world’s first...