Colour E-Paper That Rivals the Real Thing

A new approach developed by Philips now offers fresh hope for colour e-paper displays that are so bright and clear that even traditional liquid crystal displays (LCDs) will pale in comparison. According to Kars-Michiel Lenssen, who headed the work at Philips Research, based in Eindhoven, in the Netherlands, the new approach has the potential to create colour images that are three times brighter than displays that use colour filters, including LCDs. This is the closest an electronic-paper technology ever got to printed paper, he says