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E Ink launches Spectra 6 full-color ePaper display technology

E Ink launched a new generation of its full color Spectra ePaper display technology, called the E Ink Spectra 6. Targeting in-store advertising, indoor signage and paper sign replacements in general, the Specra 6 offers "a level of color saturation and vividness never before seen in a reflective display".

E Ink Spectra 6 offers a resolution (density) of 200 PPI, a contrast ratio of 30:1 and an operating range of 0-50 degrees Celsius. E Ink Spectra 6 will be offered in a variety of display sizes, and can create a partial image flashing effect, called E Ink Sparkle, which enhances the effect of advertising messages through motion.

Read the full story Posted: Apr 11,2023

E Ink launches an outdoor version of its Kaleido 3 ePaper technology

A year ago E Ink Holdings announced its Kaleido 3 color ePaper technology, which improved the color saturation by 30% compared the previous-generation Kaleido Plus (which was launched in March 2021). The Kaleido 3 display is based on E Ink's Print Color ePaper technology, where a color filter array (CFA) is used in conjunction with E Ink’s Carta black and white ink film.

Now EIH announced a new version of this display, called Kaleido 3 Outdoor, which is designed specifically for Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) advertising signage and is suitable for outdoor use in a wide temperature range (-16 to 65 degrees). The wide temperature range allows it to operate in extremely cold or hot areas without the need for expensive, high-energy-consuming heating or cooling devices, reducing additional power consumption.

Read the full story Posted: Apr 11,2023

New e-paper device:Kobo Elipsa 2E

Kobo's Elipsa 2E is a large e-reader, that offers a 10.3" 300PPI E Ink touchscreen with Kobo Stylus 2, ComfortLight Pro (front light color temperature and brightness adjustment system) and a dual-core 2GHz chipset.

The Kobo Elipsa 2E will launch by the end of April 2023 for $400.

Read the full story Posted: Apr 07,2023

Sharp to start offering 42" E Ink displays in Japan next month

E Ink Holdings announced a partnership with Sharp to bring ePaper posters to the market. Sharp and EIH has been collaborating for three years, and this is the first commercial step in that collaboration.

Sharp will release 42" monochrome E Ink displays (or e-poster as they call it) in the Japanese market in April 2023.

Read the full story Posted: Mar 29,2023

New researcher by Harvard researchers find that E Ink displays are healthier than LCD or OLED displays

A recent study by Harvard researchers find that E Ink displays with front lighting are up to three times less stressful for retinal cells than LCD displays. E Ink displays without a front light do not emit any blue light and so are not stressing retinal cells at all.

Blue light, according to researchers, is potentially harmful when emitted into the eyes for hours at a time. Blue light poses a hazard to retinal cells in the eye, and exposure to blue light near bedtime reduces levels of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin, disrupting the circadian rhythm and restorative sleep.

The effects of blue light are known for a long time, and this new research finding is not surprising.

Read the full story Posted: Mar 14,2023

New e-paper device:Bigme inkNote Color+

Buigme inkNote Color+ is the company's latest E Ink color tablet, and the first one on the market to adopt a Kaleido 3 display - 10.3" 1860 x 2480 (greyscale) / 930 x 1240 pixels (color). The latest generation CFA ePaper display offers better color saturation and a higher resolution. Other features include a MediaTek Helio P35 chipset, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a mciroSD slot and a heavily customized Android 11 OS.

Bigme will ship the inkNote Color+ in China soon.

Read the full story Posted: Feb 25,2023

BMW shows a color-changing car covered with Prism 3 E Ink panels

E Ink recently launched its latest segmented display technology, E Ink Prism 3, which features dynamic color changing capabilities. As part of the launch of this new technology, BMW presented its latest concept, the i Vision DEE car, which is covered with Prism 3 panels:

The i Vision DEE is covered with 240 panels, capable of showing 32 colors according to BMW (a bit strange as E Ink says the Prism 3 offers a palette of 8 colors only). Anyway this is a pretty nice concept, that builds on BMW's iX Flow shown a year before and covered with similar panels, but with monochrome (grayscale) Prism panels.

Read the full story Posted: Jan 12,2023