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A Closer Look at ClearInk Color ePaper (Video)

December 7, 2017 by Nathan

ClearInk Display

A new color epaper technology called ClearInk is getting set to take off in the near future (hopefully).

We first saw ClearInk this past summer and now there’s another video with a closer look at ClearInk prototypes.

The technology is similar to E Ink’s low power sunlight readable displays, but ClearInk is capable of displaying full color and playing videos at 30 frames per second.

It uses a monochrome display with a color filter over the top to produce colors.

It has no frontlight or backlight, and the screens can be made to be flexible and shatterproof.

Hopefully ClearInk has better luck than color E Ink, which was released a few years ago but failed to take off because the colors were too washed out and the contrast wasn’t very good.

ClearInk appears to have brighter colors and it should be cheaper to produce since the screens can be manufactured in LCD factories, so hopefully we’ll start seeing some new devices using ClearInk displays in 2018.

It sounds like their going after the electronic schoolbook market more than the ereader market.

I didn’t notice the video below last month when it was posted but I saw it mentioned over at MobileRead.

ClearInk Displays

ClearInk Color ePaper Demo

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: clearink

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  1. Big Dexter says

    December 7, 2017 at 7:47 pm

    The future is coming…

  2. Bobdeloyd says

    December 8, 2017 at 1:30 am

    About time! Game changer!

  3. Sqlicone says

    December 8, 2017 at 2:07 am

    Got a feeling this is going to be huge.

  4. carlos says

    December 8, 2017 at 7:20 am

    Interesting. For better devices. I hope in a really few time. It’s so sad that sometimes, good things aren’t for all, like mirasol, and others e-ink color, really I don’t know reasons. Expensive, vaporware, or a false news.
    Thank you friends.

  5. Rick says

    December 8, 2017 at 4:43 pm

    Love the technology but those Bezels my god

  6. JT says

    December 16, 2017 at 6:34 am

    Put a solar charge in it and large capacity Microsd with good internal storage and this is the product I’ve been waiting for. Should also be no bigger than a kobo or kindle.

  7. Jonathan says

    January 12, 2018 at 11:05 am

    I keep rewatching these videos, I really hope this doesn’t follow pixelqi fate; still have mine. I hope this is something that goes global and gets a screen with hdmi connectivity like the onyx max2 pro. Exciting times hopefully it becomes a reality.

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