Reflecting on Flexible Electronic Displays

The idea of military-grade epaper has put nearly $100 million into R&D and the might of the US Army behind it. In mid-February, the Army awarded Arizona State University with a 5-year, $43.7 million cooperative agreement (with a five-year, $50 million option attached) to establish the tentatively named Army Flexible Display Center.

What the next generation of display technologies will look like has yet to be determined, but their future value is obvious. Epaper–especially with the backing of the US Army–may have the flexibility to propel mobile content out of the niche and into the mainstream.

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