The product is expected to make a difference in innovative applications such as smart wear, smart jewelry, and smart apparel.
E Ink Corporation, an electronic paper R&D and manufacturing company, announced on December 4 that it has partnered with Plastic Logic, a designer and manufacturer of soft and non-glass electronic paper displays, to introduce Iridis, the world's first soft, full-color electronic paper.
The product is based on E Ink's Advanced Color ePaper (ACeP) technology in combination with Plastic Logic's OTFT backplane, which the company says will be a new full-color display technology for new wearable devices.
Tim Burne, president of Plastic Logic, said the new Iridis soft full-color e-paper development and evaluation kit will be available by the end of the year, allowing engineers to bring Iridis soft full-color e-paper applications to market.
Iriddis is expected to make a difference in innovative applications such as smart wear, smart jewelry and smart apparel, providing a novel display experience through the backlight-less nature of the paper and the flexibility of the flexible substrate.
According to E Ink, Plastic Logic's organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) backsheet technology offers high resolution, thinness, and ultra-low power consumption. Compared to conventional glass substrate TFT backplanes, OTFT backplanes are stronger and thinner, making them ideal for wearable device applications," said E Ink.
According to E Ink, ACeP is a fully reflective electronic paper technology with colored particles that is currently being used in products such as billboards. Plastic Logic's OTFT (Organic Thin Film Transistor) backplanes are high resolution, thin and light, power-efficient, and more robust than glass TFT backplanes.
