Kent Displays develops "paper thin" electronic skin for mobiles
You probably didn't know it, but if you've purchased anything with an unconventional display in the last few years, the screen itself may have been sourced from Kent, Ohio. Kent Displays is about to break out of its own shadow with two new technologies that could be rolling off of the production line next year. First up is a simple monochrome electronic writing tablet that consists of a pressure sensitive display (think next-generation Post-it note), while the second is a particularly impressive color changing electronic skin. In essence, the latter (dubbed eGo) requires no power at all to maintain any color already rendered on the surface, meaning that ladies can instantly make their phone match their outfit without sucking the life from their mobile. For those keenly interested, hit the read link for the full background along with a video of the production facility.
[Thanks, Tod]
[Thanks, Tod]



















That phone looks realy ugly. :P
I agree, but the possibilities of a color changing paper-thin skin are up there. What if you could change it into a picture instead of a solid color? It would be like changing the wallpaper of the outside of your phone... Sweeet..
I don't think they're too bad but I think you may be seeing what I was seeing at first. I believe the red part is the device used to change the colour of the phone which can then be removed after it's changed. I believe the phone itself is only the blue-ish part below it.
You guys are missing the obvious...
remember when we were kids we had those hot/cold water color changing cars...
driving down the street.... red car -> yellow car -> black car
HOT WHEELS!!
this is amazing!
what was that movie where the receptionist was changing the colour of her finger nails by tapping a palette and then touching her nails?
kind of reminds me of this..
"Pretty finger nail color changing Woman"?
Get your ass to Mars.
http://vampyblog.vampyvarnish.com/2008/09/16/total-recall-nail-salon-scene.aspx
ba ha ha ha ha
thank you soo much for that. That was going to agonize me all day.
I should have known that, but as a young boy all I could remember was the part where I got to see a women with 3 "funbags"
I really hoped that someday I would marry such a woman, then later I found out they only have 2...
Total Recall
Thanks for being late to the party Indy.
Could this work with designs? (Instead of solid colors)
That'd be totally awesome.
they are doing this for cars ...
http://www.gadgets-reviews.com/index.php?id=584&page=post
for cars too*
I don't get the point of this cause I
spray paint my phones.
Because this, in its final version, will probably look about 50x better.
This would be so cool if this was on my PSP or NDS.
this would be cool on pretty much anything
Whats up with those pictures? They don't show anything... Can't wait to see how good it works in a vid clip though.
For a second there it looked like a Sprint phone.