I am a pretty avid reader myself, and I am sure some of you will agree that it is hard to let go of the familiar feeling of turning a page with ease and is even harder to replace. But after today, we may finally have a worthy competitor to the softcover novel. E-Ink has announced the release of a new screen technology that allows for a wider, richer spectrum of RGB colors for your E-Reader’s display. This display was achieved using electrophoresis, a method by which a special fluid’s features are altered via electric current. The benefits of the above include a more efficient design that would otherwise be more costly as well as power hungry. This means that when the product finally hits the shelves, you can sit back, relax, have a cup of coffee and get lost in a good book, all on the latest technology and for a consumer-friendly price.
Previous versions of the technology also rely on colored filters over a monochromatic display, which reduced resolution and affected the vibrance and legibility of the displays unless used in bright light. But by using various color pigments in the tiny microcapsules that make up an ePaper display, specific colors can be recreated for every pixel in a display, instead of red, green, and blue sitting side-by-side.
‘The technical team was convinced this was achievable,’ said Michael McCreary, CTO for E Ink Corporation. ‘E Ink’s global R&D team has a deep understanding and experience with electrophoretic displays. During the years of hard work applying this experience to full color, the breakthroughs required to achieve this milestone were numerous and frequent. We are very proud of the team’s accomplishment and dedication to this task.’
Source(s): Gizmodo, BusinessWire
