E Ink devices are about to get a lot more like paper. LG has just started mass production of the first flexible, plastic E Ink displays. The flexible E Ink displays have a resolution of 1024×768 and are 6 inches diagonal, much like the Kindle and Nook. Unlike the Kindle and Nook, these flexible displays are made primary out of plastic instead of glass laminate, allowing them to be flexible as well as 30% thinner, 50% lighter, and virtually impossible to shatter.
As if the weight and thickness improvements weren’t enough, flexible E Ink displays also promise a lower price point and improved battery time. Granted, you’d be hard-pressed to beat the battery time of traditional paper, but E Ink has some other distinct advantages, so it evens out more or less. According to an LG press release, the flexible E Ink displays can survive 1.5 meter drop test after 1.5 meter drop test, as well as considerable abuse from a small hammer, all while boasting 40 degrees of flexibility about the display’s midpoint.
via Geekosystem
