Novel e-paper personalizes electronic devices

Philips Research claims to have developed a color-e-paper technology that allows for personalization of electronic devices and has the potential for use in future large “e-wallpapers,” allowing users to adjust the color of a wall or smart window. According to Philips, its technology allows users to build colors of ink into one layer with separate control of each color. This approach allows a layer to be transparent, the same color as any one of the inks, or a mixture of multiple colors. Users can accurately control the saturation of each color in its e-paper so that they can produce any shade. Philips uses this technique to create “e-skin,” a less complicated and less expensive technology than paper that uses ambient light for energy efficiency and for application in portable devices.

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Philips’s technology allows users to build different colors of ink into one layer and to control each color separately.