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]

[b-man @ Oct 29th 2008 10:05AM]

That phone looks realy ugly. :P

[Levi @ Oct 29th 2008 10:07AM]

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..

[Aidan @ Oct 29th 2008 2:08PM]

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.

[iEye @ Oct 29th 2008 10:15AM]

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

[16-bit @ Oct 29th 2008 10:33AM]

HOT WHEELS!!

[raeesgillani @ Oct 29th 2008 10:16AM]

this is amazing!

[Kinger @ Oct 29th 2008 10:32AM]

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..

[iEye @ Oct 29th 2008 10:42AM]

"Pretty finger nail color changing Woman"?

[Podaman @ Oct 29th 2008 11:08AM]

Get your ass to Mars.

http://vampyblog.vampyvarnish.com/2008/09/16/total-recall-nail-salon-scene.aspx

[Kinger @ Oct 29th 2008 11:10AM]

ba ha ha ha ha

thank you soo much for that. That was going to agonize me all day.

[iEye @ Oct 29th 2008 11:14AM]

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...

[HenryJonesJr @ Oct 29th 2008 11:36AM]

Total Recall

[Mikey @ Oct 29th 2008 12:00PM]

Thanks for being late to the party Indy.

[Clark H. @ Oct 29th 2008 10:35AM]

Could this work with designs? (Instead of solid colors)

That'd be totally awesome.

[bob sakamano @ Oct 29th 2008 10:41AM]

they are doing this for cars ...

http://www.gadgets-reviews.com/index.php?id=584&page=post

[bob sakamano @ Oct 29th 2008 10:41AM]

for cars too*

[Mega 777 @ Oct 29th 2008 12:36PM]

I don't get the point of this cause I
spray paint my phones.

[telepheedian @ Oct 29th 2008 1:59PM]

Because this, in its final version, will probably look about 50x better.

[pat1202003 @ Oct 29th 2008 1:00PM]

This would be so cool if this was on my PSP or NDS.

[Josh @ Oct 29th 2008 1:11PM]

this would be cool on pretty much anything

[Troels C @ Oct 29th 2008 8:54PM]

Whats up with those pictures? They don't show anything... Can't wait to see how good it works in a vid clip though.

[2fast4u2fast4u @ Oct 29th 2008 9:41PM]

For a second there it looked like a Sprint phone.