Potential for E-Paper Growing
labs.moto.com Demonstrates First-Ever Android / E Ink Integration
By Graphic Arts Online Staff -- Graphic Arts Online, February 13, 2009
San Francisco, CA, February 11, 2009 - MOTO Development Group’s labs.moto.com releases 
video “Android Meets E Ink” explaining and demonstrating their integration of Google’s Android operating system with an E Ink electronic paper device broadsheet kit.
Google developed Android explicitly to run on cell phones, but it is robust enough to run on other devices. Because Android is open source, and supported by a robust development community, it is a candidate to grow beyond its mobile device roots. MOTO Labs developed a custom USB driver to bring Google’s Android OS to the E Ink development kit.
The E Ink broadsheet development kit is connected to Beagle Board via USB. E Ink is an electronic paper display technology with a paper-like, high contrast appearance, ultra low-power consumption, and a thin, light form. It is “bi-stable” - meaning it only uses power when it refreshes the screen. The advantages of this kind of low-power screen device updated via wireless internet access could bring this connected technology to wearable computing or other screen uses that demand long-term deployment before recharging. Now a new world of creative developers can extend the functionality of and write applications for this low-power screen technology.
MOTO labs is working towards customized solutions that employ not only Android but Ubuntu, Linux, and Adobe AIR platforms for custom web-connected application development. We are actively extending our multi-touch and gestural interfaces expertise to these platforms. MOTO is also developing prototypes for better remote management of connected devices with a range of approaches from Mac & PC based device management applications to over-the- air wireless firmware and software updates. Stay tuned to labs.moto.com for more on this thread.
http://labs.moto.com/android-meets-e-ink/
ABOUT labs.moto.com - labs.moto.com is dedicated to enhancing interaction through a collaborative approach. Our interest is in hardware/software interaction both in devices and environments, a field still nascent and distinct from other interaction disciplines. The aim of labs.moto.com is to make available to the community tools and technologies we have developed in our consulting practice, and to be a resource for collaborators that helps further establish this interdisciplinary field.
ABOUT MOTO Development Group – MOTO Development Group is a 17 year-old consulting firm that develops products and product/service strategies for startups and Fortune 500 companies. Recent projects include the Livescribe Smart Pen, Microsoft’s Zune family of portable devices, and Pure Digital’s Flip Camera.
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