E-Paper

Back in March, E Ink and the Sharp Corporation partnered to bring ePosters featuring electronic paper to market. The first fruit was a 42-inch monochrome display released in Japan, and now a couple of color models are on their way.

China's Bigme, which was recently the first to launch with E Ink's Gallery 3 color ePaper technology, has announced a follow up to its S6 Color enote that comes with a Kaleido 3 display and a snappy 12-fps refresh rate.

Back in April, E Ink announced a new color ePaper technology with improved update times, high resolution and stylus support. Now Gallery 3 is going into mass production and the first device to launch is the Bigme Galy tablet.

Even in this day and age, many people still keep track of their daily tasks on paper do-to lists. The eMinder is designed to be a less wasteful alternative, and it's claimed to be less distracting than keeping such a list solely on your smartphone.

While the Amazon Kindle does simulate the experience of reading a paper book, it doesn't let you hand-write notes onto the pages – at least, not until now. The new Kindle Scribe allows users to do exactly that, utilizing an included stylus.

What would an e-reader display with 600 ppi, double that of the current top-of-the-line Kindle, look like? Japan Display Inc. has offered a taste of this future, this week showcasing what it calls the world's highest resolution e-paper backplane. ​​

A few years ago, Sony released a business-focused e-paper tablet, and now the company has updated the device with higher resolution, bigger memory, NFC and Bluetooth connectivity, a new pen-friendly screen and a few bonus workflow features.

A new type of material developed at Chalmers University of Technology could bring color to e-paper. The material is flexible, ultrathin and can produce the full color range of an LED-backlit LCD, but requires ten times less energy than a Kindle's e-ink display.

Since 2010, the Boogie Board eWriter range has provided youthful imaginations with modern-day notepads for their digital doodles and sketches. Improvements since have seen the addition of onboard storage and stylish new designs, but the latest addition to the lineup may be its biggest leap yet.