SKorea's LG Philipps develops first A4 colour e-paper

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2007

SEOUL (AFP) — 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.

"This represents the next generation in display technology," Chung In-Jae, chief technology officer and executive vice president, said in the statement.

The new display product's potential applications "are incredible and will allow our...