A new technology from Epson combines electronic paper ( Update : develop by E Ink Corp. ) with RFID rag to display the Mary Leontyne Price of products at stores . fit in to Nikkei Electronics , Epson has exhibit the technology at the “ Embedded Technology 2004 ” pattern , locomote on since the 17th .
Clearly intended for storefronts , the small display can show 8 bytes of character data point . Through a combination of RFID and some unexampled fancy electronic paper technology , Epson suppose the display would be used to easily convert the damage of merchandise ; “ this would drastically reduce the force expenses required for changing prices at a memory board , ” says a representative .
So what the hell does Epson have to do with electronic paper ? Glad you asked — the ship’s company ’s inkjet printing technology enable them to join the wireless ticket Intelligence Community with a flexile substrate . While ceremonious method acting ( wire bonding ) would allegedly need some 50 nanometre , inkjet printing technology requires a bare 5 nm . That would be a helluva theme deletion .
ET2004 : Epson , novel display combine wireless rag and electronic paper[Nikkei Electronics ]
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