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Digital Clock as Thin as Paper

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the young-ladies-illustrated-primer dept.

Elitist_Phoenix writes "Citizen Watch has created a clock that is Paper thin! This unique design is enabled by E Ink Imaging Film. In addition to the fact that no backlighting is required, the display also has an inherently stable memory effect which requires no power to maintain an image - both of which drastically increase the battery life. The result is 1/100 the power consumption of traditional display options. Citizen Watch Co. and T.I.C.-Citizen Co. have not yet announced a launch date for this product, but it is expected to be commercialized in Japan in 2005."

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  1. Linky past the linky by nuntius · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actual "article" here:
    http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20050 401/103334/?ST=english

  2. Re:haha by kyle90 · · Score: 4, Informative

    I know I shouldn't respond to ACs, but I figured I should clear this up for anyone that happens to be reading. Electronic ink works by having microscopic charged spheres that are white on one side and black on the other. When an electric field is applied, the sphere flips over. But when the electric field is turned off, it stays how it is. So it only needs power when the image is changing.

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    Real_men_don't_need_spacebars.
  3. Re:haha by 9mind · · Score: 3, Informative
    As the IT manager of E Ink, I will inform you that most of our competitors technology works that way.... but ours does not.

    As not to divulge anything I shouldn't be, check here http://www.eink.com/technology/index.html for a simple diagram of how it works.