Eco-business / Social Venture

October 24, 2005

 

Fujitsu Develops Energy-Efficient Flexible Color Electronic Paper

Keywords: Eco-business / Social Venture Manufacturing industry 

Fujitsu Ltd., a leading Japanese computer maker, and two of its affiliate companies, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Fujitsu Frontech Ltd., have developed the world's first color electronic paper which can continue to display the same image even after the power is turned off, it was announced on July 13, 2005.

The newly developed product has a memory function and needs no power to keep an image displayed. Moreover, for rewriting, it requires only one-hundredth to ten-thousandth of the amount of power needed by conventional products. Its film substrate makes the product extremely thin and flexible.

The product's structure consists of three laminated layers (red, green and blue) that provide more brightly-colored images than traditional reflective-type liquid crystal displays. It also uses unique technologies in which images displayed are not affected when the paper is bent or pressed with the fingers.

This new electronic paper is as handy as ordinary paper, and anticipated applications include information displays and advertising boards in public spaces, and promotion of a paperless society. Fujitsu plans to expand its marketing efforts to develop the product's applications, aiming to put it on the market in fiscal 2006.

http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2005/20050713-01.html
http://jp.fujitsu.com/group/labs/en/

Posted: 2005/10/24 05:56:11 PM
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