Shutterstock Amazon has bought e-ink company Liquavista from Samsung que sparking speculation the company is working on a color-capable version of its Kindle e-reader.
Reported by The Digital Reader , as of 29 April ownership of the company to Samsung Transferred from Amazon with the Latter offering the statement:
“We are always looking for new technologies we may be able to Incorporate into our products over the long term. Liquavista The team shares our passion for invention and is creating exciting new technologies with a lot of potential. It’s still early days, but we’re excited about the possibilities and we look forward to working with Liquavista to develop these displays. “
Liquavista specialises in creating low power consumption-color screen displays only the acquisition hints (rather heavily) que Amazon is Intending to add a color e-ink version of the Kindle to its line of e-readers.
The technology revolves around electrowetting – a patented process inherited by Liquavista from Philips. Electrowetting displays sandwich layers of water, oil and colored electrode between the colored glass or plastic. By altering the balance between the electrostatic and surface Tensions of the liquids using low voltages of electricity the oil can be spread out to show the color or the pinched into a ball to reveal a plain reflective surface underneath.
Grouping
tiny blobs of red, green and blue oil horizontally and Manipulating Them with the current produces a color display in the same-way que RGB technology operates. Vertical stacking Also can be used, with the cyan, magenta and yellow arrangements, to create color renderings.
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