Color e-paper on the way

[mdlbear]

Write On: Writeable, Color e-paper ReKindles Our Interest

Fuji Xerox has just demonstrated what may be the Holy Grail of e-paper—probably not the "E-Ink" technology found inside the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader, but something similar—a prototype display that a user and write on. Three layers of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals are used (red, green and blue), meaning the display has a gel-like base.

Still flexible, the display can recognize "optical" writing, though probably not quickly. An eyes-on report mentions that the refresh rate is under a second, which while probably fast enough for quick marks, is not what you want to be handwriting a letter on.

Comments

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Looks interesting. I have read that eInk is working on prototype color displays; I wonder if it's the same technology.

[mdlbear]

Probably not, since it's Fuji Xerox. There are several different technologies out there

[mdlbear]

eInk is working on color. I'm more interested in their next-generation monochrome display, though: twice as fast, and double the linear resolution (about 300 dpi).