Catégorie : Geek

08
Avr
2016
Posted in E-Ink Geek Numérique

inkBOOK 8

inkBOOK 8Le lecteur wifi inkBOOK 8 est un écran de 8 pouces fonctionnant avec la technologie E Ink sous Android 4.2 ce qui autorise le téléchargement de toute les applications depuis PlayS tore[…]

03
Avr
2016
Posted in E-Ink Geek Numérique

E Ink Holdings’ 2015 profit grew to $16.7 million

E Ink Holdings reported their financial results for 2015. The ePaper maker says the profit grew to $16.7 million (up from $0.4 million in 2014) mostly due to higher royalty income and better gross margins (31% in 2015, up from 22% in 2014).E Ink’s roya…

17
Mar
2016
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CHK to introduce E Ink digital bus stops and other public transportation information solutions

CHK America, a designer of public transportation customer information solution signed an agreement with E Ink to co-develop advanced digital wayfinding solutions utilizing E Ink technology.The first products to introduce are Digital Bus Stops (as you c…

15
Mar
2016
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Visionect introduces a 32″ color/B&W E Ink development kit

Visionect, together with E Ink, launched a new 32″ E Ink development kit. This new dev kit supports the largest e-paper module in production. The new kit is available either in monochrome (2560×1440, 16-level grayscale) or color (1280×720).Both kits fe…

10
Mar
2016
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Dai Nippon Printing and E ink to co-develop E Ink based products

Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) announced a strategic partnership with E Ink to co-develop and co-market products that use E Ink displays. DNP will use its strong sales network in Japan to market new products targeted at the marketing and sales promotion seg…

06
Mar
2016
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The Calendar Watch

The Calendar Watch is a simple smartwatch that uses an E Ink display below analog clock hands to show what parts of the day are busy. The watch is controlled by your smartphone both the calendar display and the clock itself. The Calendar Watch i…

01
Mar
2016
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E Ink plans to start producing large E Ink panels

Back in June 2014, E Ink (together with GDS) developed a 32″ 2560×1440 E Ink display, which is the world’s largest e-paper panel. According to a new report, E Ink aims to produce even larger panels, with the first one being released later in 2016.E Ink…

01
Mar
2016
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E-Ink: PopSlate 2

.PopSlate 2 photoPopSlate’s 2nd-gen iPhone case offers a 4.7″ 800×450 E Ink display for the back of your phone. The case adds 4mm to your phone, and connects to the phone via a Lightning connector that also charges your phone from the PopSlate’s battery. The PopSlate 2 supports iPhone 6, 6S, 6 plus and 6S Plus.

16
Fév
2016
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Sony Huis

Sony HUIS E Ink remote photoSony Huis is an E Ink universal remote control that started its way as a crowd-funded project. It uses an E Ink display and can be customized to control all devices using a desktop companion application. The remote lasts for a month between charges.

08
Fév
2016
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Onyx Boox M96

Onyx Boox M96 photoThe Boox M96 is a large 9.7-inch 1200×825 E Ink (pearl) e-reader that is powered by Android and features 8GB of storage and access to Google’s Play Store and Ivona’s text-to-speech software.

28
Jan
2016
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E Ink invest in Wuxi Vision Peak, to collaborate on e-paper applications

E Ink announced announced an investment it made in Wuxi Vision Peak Technology (previously Wuxi Wei Feng Technology), a service provider in e-paper display R&D.E Ink (which invested in Wuxi via its subsidiary Transcend Optronics) and Wuxi Vision Pe…

27
Jan
2016
Posted in Geek Savoir-Faire de France

Présent à la 8e édition du FIC, OVH réaffirme son engagement en matière de cybersécurité

OVH était présent au 8e Forum International de la Cyber-sécurité au Grand Palais de Lille les 25 et 26 janvier 2016….

25
Jan
2016
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Icarus Illumina XL

The Icarus Illumina XL is a 8″ E Ink Pearl e-reader that is based on Android and features front lighting, Wi-Fi and Audio.Icarus Illumina XL photoThe Illumina XL is now shipping for $199.95.

E Ink display info:
8″ E Ink Pearl
18
Jan
2016
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Video interview with E Ink’s global marketing chief

Android Authority posted a nice video from CES where they interview Giovanni Mancini E Ink’s head of global marketing. Giovanni discusses the technology behind E Ink displays, Polyera’s Wove Band, Rimowa’s electronic luggage tag and shows flexible E…

12
Jan
2016
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Visionect launches an E Ink meeting room digital sign

Visionect introduces a new meeting room digital door label called Joan Meeting Room Assistant that uses an E Ink panel to provide scheduling solutions. Joan can connect to several standard calendars wirelessly and runs off its battery for up to three m…

09
Jan
2016
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E Ink shows tiled digital signage demonstrator

E Ink is showing several prototype and demonstrators at CES 2016 including this very nice tiled digital signage displays. It’s made from four panels (seems to be 30″ or so each):

E InkVideo

08
Jan
2016
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Nagra IntuiTV

Nagra’s IntuiTV is a streaming TV box that combines live TV channels with streaming applications (such as Netflix). The box’s remote control has a large low-power dynamic E Ink display with customized shortcuts and dynamic buttons.The IntuiTV will not…

08
Jan
2016
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New logo and updated design

Today we’re happy to finally finish the re-design effort we started in October last year, and E-Ink-Info now has a new logo and background, to complement the new responsive design. We like it a lot, we hope you do too! :-)Here’s for a happy 2016, one w…

06
Jan
2016
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Withings Go

The Withings Go is a small and light fitness tracker that can be worn as a wristband or clipped to a clothing, and it features a circular E Ink display. The Go monitors activity and sleep, is water resistant (50 meters) and can monitor swim strokes.The…

28
Déc
2015
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The best of 2015 – top E Ink stories

2015 is pretty much over and this has been another interesting year for the e-paper industry, with the continuing shift of balance from e-readers to signage and retail applications. Here are the top 10 stories posted on E-Ink-Info in 2015, ranked by…

24
Déc
2015
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London installs solar-powered E Ink bus stop information boards

London just installed several solar-powered e-paper (E Ink) bus arrival times and interactive bus route maps on some bus stops. Buttons at the bottom of the screen allow the user to choose between real-time arrival information, route maps and important…

05
Déc
2015
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Polyera’s Special Projects VP explains the company’s OTFT backplane technology and business

Polyera Wove Band photoIn August 2015 Polyera, a US-based OTFT backplane developer, announced their first product, the Wove Band flexible E Ink smart band, to be released in the second half of 2016. We wanted to learn more about Polyera’s technology and business, and the company’s Special Projects VP, Brendan Florez, was kind enough to answer a few questions we had…

28
Nov
2015
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Huateng Flag D1

The Flag D1 is a dual-screen Android (v5.1) smartphone that features a 5″ 720 IPS front display and a 4.7″ 960×540 E Ink back display. Other features include a quad-core 64bit CPU, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, microSD slot and a 8MP camera.

Huateng Flag D1 photo

The Huateng Flag D1 is now shipping for $299.

E Ink display info:
4.7″ 960×540 E Ink
26
Nov
2015
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New technologies uses phase-change materials to create efficient and bright e-paper displays

Oxford University researchers developed new technology based on phase-change materials (similar to ones used in re-writable DVDs) that can be used to create non-volatile highly-efficient e-paper displays. Oxford established a new company called Bodle T…

24
Nov
2015
Posted in E-Ink Geek Numérique

Smart Stickers want to raise $75,000 to make $30 E Ink devices

A new crowdfunding campaign at IndieGogo aims to raise $75,000 to produce Smart Stickers, a 40 grams real-time display that uses a 2.7″ E Ink display and connects to any smartphone to display notifications, missed call, reminders or any other informati…

21
Nov
2015
Posted in E-Ink Geek Numérique

Will Perovskites be the future of solar cells, batteries, sensors, lasers and displays?

E-Ink-Info takes great pride in inviting its readers to check out Perovskite-Info.com, our new site focused on perovskite developments, applications and market. We treat it with the same amount of care and deliberation as our other sites, to bring you…

20
Nov
2015
Posted in E-Ink Geek Numérique Sciences et Technologies

Le drone caméleon arrive : Plextek vise à rendre des drones invisibles en les couvrant avec des panneaux E Ink

Au Royaume-Uni Plextek Consulting développe des panneaux s’appuyant sur la technologie E Ink pour rendre invisibles des drones militaires. Plextek utilise…

19
Nov
2015
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24 en 1 ! La montre FES Sony à encre électronique arrive (vidéo) Fashion Entertainments

FES Watch photoDotée d’un écran à encre électronique (E-Ink), cette montre au design épurées fonctionne à l’aide d’une pile bouton d’une autonomie de 2 ans. Très légère (43 g), son cadran utilise un écran E-Ink ainsi que sur la totalité de son bracelet […]

01
Nov
2015
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Americans read more e-books, but e-reader ownership is dropping

According to a new report, e-reader ownership in the US is falling. 19% of adults in the US own a dedicated e-reader down from 32% two years ago.But people are still reading e-books in fact a different report says that 27% of Americans have read an…

28
Oct
2015
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E Ink and China’s Jiangxi Holitech to collaborate on E Ink displays

E Ink Holdings announced a strategic partnership with Chinese LCD panel maker Jiangxi Holitech Technology. E Ink will collaborate with JiangXi to expand the use of EPD displays to mobile phones, wearable devices, retail electronic labels and digital pr…

24
Oct
2015
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GoodEReader wants to crowdfund the ultimate e-reader

The GoodEReader web site launched a $220,000 crowd funding campaign to develop the « ultimate e-reader ». If successful, they will develop a 6″ touch front-lit 1430×1080 E Ink Carta e-reader that features a 1Ghz CPU, 512MB RAM and 8GB of storage (plus a…

22
Oct
2015
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Liseuse Barnes & Noble Nook GlowLight Plus

Barnes & Noble Nook GlowLight Plus photoBarnes & Noble’s Nook GlowLight Plus is a 6″ (300 dpi) E Ink e-reader that has a waterproof and dustproof aluminum body.

13
Oct
2015
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PhutureMed : vers le médicament connecté avec E Ink et Paladdio

Palladio E Ink PhutureMedPharmaceutical, développeur de solutions d’emballage Paladdio a collaboré avec E Ink pour créer une nouvelle solution d’emballage de pointe spécifiquement pour les produits pharmaceutiques, appelé PhutureMed…

09
Oct
2015
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Amazon Snowball

Amazon’s Snowball is a secure storage appliance that can be used to send up to 50 TB of data directly to Amazon to upload to AWS servers. The Snowball has an E Ink shipping label that automatically sets itself to ship to the customer and, after the dat…

09
Oct
2015
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Looksee launches a successful crowdfunding campaign for their Eyecatcher E Ink bracelet

Looksee’s announced the smart Eyecatcher E Ink Bracelet earlier this year, and now the company launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to fund this interesting device. The company’s goal was to raise $75,000 and they quickly met the goal.The Eyecat…

09
Oct
2015
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Noteslate Shiro

Noteslate Shiro photoThe Noteslate Shiro is an E Ink « writing slate » or an e-reader that accepts input via a pressure-sensitive stylus. The display is a 6.8″ 1080×1440 E Ink pearl, and other features include a 1 Ghz CPU, 8GB of storage, microSD slot and Wi-Fi. It runs on Noteslate’s own OS…