Electronic Paper

I’d read about E-Paper a cou­ple of years ago, but this is nice tech. A micro-thin Cit­i­zen clock.

It uti­lizes E-Ink, which relies on neg­a­tively charged black par­ti­cles and pos­i­tively charged white par­ti­cles. When a back­ing layer of cir­cuitry either charges neg­a­tively or pos­i­tively, it will draw or repel the par­ti­cles based on their charge. The dis­play also has an inher­ently sta­ble “mem­ory effect” which requires no power to main­tain the image, dras­ti­cally increas­ing the bat­tery life. The result is 1/100 the power con­sump­tion of tra­di­tional dis­play options.

Cit­i­zen has not yet announced a launch date for the prod­uct, but it is expected to be sold in Japan start­ing this year. Plans for the inter­na­tional launch are under con­sid­er­a­tion, along with other design interpretations.

Give. Me. One. Now.