The Electrowetting Display
What it is
IEEE Spectrum interviews Samsung display researcher Johan Feenstra on how electrowetting displays work. He explains why they can match LCD capability while being about three times more efficient.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters bring it up as a look at a promising display technology that has stayed outside the mainstream.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2013, last 2017
What HN commenters said
“Ever since seeing development prototypes in videos I've been smitten.”
Development prototypes of electrowetting displays.
phaet0n, 2013-05 · Recommendation · in “Amazon Bought Liquavista - Color Kindle to Follow?”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: electrowetting, e-paper, displays, samsung, liquavista
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