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Originally Posted by Dylrob
As for the color display, it was mentioned in this press release. |
Well, they certainly made a specific claim back in 2007. Still, the flexible polymer was only refreshing cells at 1fps. The brief glimpse they gave of their colour display was certainly a chunky piece of kit and no-one was touching it, so they may have been able to boost it to 30fps by pushing the plate voltages sky high. Ramping up the applied force is certainly one way of achieving the acceleration needed, but for a practical application they really need to decrease particle mass and lower the viscosity of the suspension oil, both of which are far harder tasks.
The problems eInk faces are simply physical and solid-state methods using conformational changes offer far more hope for practical reflective video displays. Colour is certainly possible, as long as they can increase their base cell pitch to over 300cpi, which is largely a matter of manufacturing quality control. But I have serious doubts that eInk technology using relatively massive particles will ever come to market in a 30fps video incarnation that you can pick up without insulated gloves.