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December 10th, 2009, 11:05
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Our first reaction to this was to think just how wildly unnecessary "e-skins" are, but then we saw that slide up there and started to see the (electronic) light. Philips appears to have struck upon its own version of Kent Displays' (http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/kent-displays-develops-paper-thin-electronic-skin-for-mobiles/) electronic skins (http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/kent-displayss-reflex-lcd-electronic-skin-demonstrated-changes/), which requires no backlighting, operating by reflecting ambient light instead. Based on similar tech to e-books (http://www.engadget.com/tag/e-paper/), this invention is initially targeted at generating colorful covers for things like mobile phones and mp3 players, but it's said to be "highly scalable" and e-wallpapers and light-dimming windows could be on the cards if things continue developing. And of course, no "water cooker" would be left behind.
Gallery: Philips e-skin (http://www.engadget.com/photos/philips-e-skin/)
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Philips develops color e-paper, wants to skin your gadgets with it (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/philips-develops-color-e-paper-wants-to-skin-your-gadgets-with/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Our first reaction to this was to think just how wildly unnecessary "e-skins" are, but then we saw that slide up there and started to see the (electronic) light. Philips appears to have struck upon its own version of Kent Displays' (http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/kent-displays-develops-paper-thin-electronic-skin-for-mobiles/) electronic skins (http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/kent-displayss-reflex-lcd-electronic-skin-demonstrated-changes/), which requires no backlighting, operating by reflecting ambient light instead. Based on similar tech to e-books (http://www.engadget.com/tag/e-paper/), this invention is initially targeted at generating colorful covers for things like mobile phones and mp3 players, but it's said to be "highly scalable" and e-wallpapers and light-dimming windows could be on the cards if things continue developing. And of course, no "water cooker" would be left behind.
Gallery: Philips e-skin (http://www.engadget.com/photos/philips-e-skin/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/12/10dec09kjmtg_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/philips-e-skin/2522584/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/12/10dec09u467_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/philips-e-skin/2522586/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/12/10dec09kdth5_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/philips-e-skin/2522583/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/12/10dec09aaddff_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/philips-e-skin/2522582/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/12/10dec0921_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/philips-e-skin/2522588/)
Philips develops color e-paper, wants to skin your gadgets with it (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/philips-develops-color-e-paper-wants-to-skin-your-gadgets-with/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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