ePaper and large multi-touch displays at SID
Monday, May 26th, 2008Some miscellaneous news from the Society of Information Display (SID) conference held this last week in Los Angeles:
BetaNews: “Samsung is also introducing an 82-inch “e-board” that has a multi-touch screen the company hopes will help one day replace white boards and beam projectors. Using a 60 Hz UD LCD panel, it’s the largest multi-touch screen on the market. E-boards are expected to increase in popularity as the price of LCD production continues to decline, but don’t expect to see the screens in every office and school room any time soon.”
Samsung was also showing off “2.3-inch e-paper that uses electrodes made from carbon nanotubes for enhanced “fold-ability.” The e-paper is an Electrophoretic display with carbon nanotubes that has the advantage over standard displays that it uses reflected light and does not need to continually refresh its display. So it can even show an image when it is powered off. This has huge implications for e-Books and other carryable devices.
LG demoed a multi-touch whiteboard too, though I can’t seem to find a reference for it.
And look at this 385 pixel per inch ePaper from Epson. Sizes shown were 13.4″ and 6.7″.
The full-color Readius e-Reader which boasts a rollable display was also shown.
Sounds like lots is going on in ePaper and large multi-touch displays.
