Introducing the QUE proReader by Plastic Logic, a milestone in the evolution of plastic electronics
CES, LAS VEGAS – JANUARY 7, 2010 – Plastic Logic today unveiled QUE™ (pronounced "Q"), the world’s first proReader. More than an eReader, QUE was designed specifically to provide a premium reading experience and access to content anywhere, anytime, while simplifying the multi-faceted lifestyle of business professionals - and to literally lighten their workload....more
Logical reader: The long-awaited Que is the first consumer product to feature Plastic Logic's organic transistor technology. Credit: Plastic Logic
Organic transistors can be made at much lower temperatures than those made with conventional silicon, which means it's possible to print them on top of lightweight, flexible plastic instead of glass. The Que's display is based on an array of one million organic transistors built on a plastic backing. This plastic array, which replaces the rigid, heavy, silicon-on-glass array in most displays, including those in other e-readers on the market, drives the pixels of the E Ink display. Though the display itself is flexible, it's encased in rigid plastic. The advantage of the flexible plastic display is that it's nearly unbreakable.
Plastic Logic and Cambridge Display Technology to Cooperate in Polymer Organic Electronics
Plastic Logic - Plastic Logic was founded in 2000 to develop and exploit new technology and processes that combine the power of electronics with the pervasiveness of printing. The company has a growing portfolio of patents based on inkjet printing of active electronic circuits using advanced plastic materials.
Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) - CDT is a privately held company leading the research, development and commercialization of polymer technology for flat panel displays and lighting. CDT’s light emitting polymer (LEP) technology is targeted for use in a wide range of electronic display products used for information management, communications and entertainment.
Plastic Logic has developed a new full page e-reader with a thin and flexible plastic display. The device, designed for reading business documents, as well as books and magazines, was demonstrated this week the DEMO technology convention.
VIDEO - A closer look at Plastic Logic’s Kindle killer
San Diego (CA) – Two days ago in San Diego, Plastic Logic wowed DEMO fall 08 attendees with its full-page electronic reader that was as thin as a pad of paper. Available next year, this reader can easily display Microsoft Office, PDF and other documents. It also has a touch-screen that lets users annotate documents by either drawing with their fingers or by tapping on a pop-up keyboard. But how will this reader compete with the Amazon Kindle? We talked to Plastic Logic’s marketing team to find out.
The Plastic Logic reader, left, has a screen the size of a sheet of paper for a copy machine. Center, Sony’s eReader; right, Amazon.com’s Kindle. The Plastic Logic device, which is yet to be named, can be updated wirelessly and store hundreds of pages of documents.
Technology for plastic electronics on thin and flexible plastic substrates was developed at Cambridge University’s renowned Cavendish Laboratory in the 1990s. In 2000, Plastic Logic was spun out of Cavendish Laboratory to develop a broad range of products using the plastic electronics technology.
The Plastic Logic approach solves the critical issue in manufacturing high resolution transistor arrays on flexible plastic substrates by using a low temperature process without mask alignment. The process, much simpler than conventional amorphous silicon processes, uses an eclectic mix of standard production equipment from display manufacturing and other industries.
Plastic Logic's flexible backplane is combined with a frontplane material (e.g. electronic paper) to make a flexible display.
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