Finally, an Electronic Paper Display I Can Crumple Up and Throw Away

E - ink engineering is gentle on the eyes for reading material , even if the devices it ’s currently deployed in feel nothing like a Christian Bible or magazine . ButAU Optronicsgives us another tantalizing look at the futurity with a proof of concept ereader that ’s all self - powered , while still as flexile as a composition of newspaper .

Part of the reason your Kindle or Nook ca n’t bend , at least easily , is all the adjuvant electronics needed to connect to a wifi web , store and march the digital subject matter and of row , that battery . But with their Un - plug Flexible einsteinium - paper Display , AUO has sandwich a flexible organic TFT display to a thin - motion picture photovoltaic battery to create a ego - powered e - reader that can be bent and twisted just like a piece of paper . We ’re assuming it ’s not as up to as the Kindle in its current form , but it does boast a six in SVGA show and deal to free itself from the tyrannous restrictions of a bulky stamp battery . That is , as long as you practice it in direct sunlight . Unfortunately when used indoors the efficiency of the battery ’s photovoltaics are n’t quite at the point where the atomic number 99 - ink show can be go without an external great power informant .

The technology behind this prototype has already been follow up in simpler equipment , like a vigil that only necessitate to keep runway of and exhibit the time . But since its flexible nature mostly comes as a resolution of it being so lean , it also has the potential to slim down any twist it ’s used in . From phones , to tablet , to ereaders , which could eventually revivify the experience of shut down or rolling a magazine or newspaper . [ AU OptronicsviaTech - On ]

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