Philipps develops first A4 colour E-paper

South Korea’s LG Philips LCD said Sunday it had developed the world’s first A4-sized colour electronic-paper — a paper-thin and bendable viewing panel.
The e-paper — which measures 14.1 inches (35.9 centimetres) across its diagonal and is just 300 micrometres (0.3 millimetres) thin — can display up to 4,096 colours, the world’s second largest liquid crystal display maker said in a statement.
It is designed to be energy-efficient, only using power when the image changes on the display, it said.
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