Diminishing the user frustrations with wearable devices According to a recent study, fashion and functionality are the two main forces driving the wearables industry. While we agree with the former (our recent blog on the #FashTech industry explains why), we’re not entirely convinced that ‘functionality’ is encouraging this uptake. Earlier this year, we conducted a…
#FashTech: Harnessing the consumer desire for adaptable, customisable wearable devices… Despite the internet being flooded with a number of studies on the wearables industry, earlier this year, we decided to conduct our own study of nearly 2000 consumers to get a feel and understanding for what these consumers actually think about wearables in general as…
E-paper displays transforming the smartphone experience The e-paper market has come a long way since its inception in 1970s and has matured into a proven technology with a genuine business case and a huge breadth of different successful applications. However, one area where EPDs have made less impact is the smartphone market. Despite e-paper…
Flexibly fashionable – a new generation of clothing Delving into the world of fashion, some of the industry’s most exciting developments are currently happening far away from the runways of London, Milan and Paris. A new age of fashion technology, or ‘FashTech’, is approaching with innovative lab-based work involving the use of bacteria to dye clothing,…
What’s new in wearables and how can e-paper displays improve existing devices? The wearables market has certainly encountered its ups and downs over the last few years. The boom of fitness trackers and smartwatches coming onto the market has certainly made waves, but wearable tech in general has had a mixed reception. The marmite of…
A ‘buyer’s guide’ to flexible plastic e-paper displays Display technology is ubiquitous — meaning we all spend a lot of time engaging with ‘screens’ of some kind… most of which are made of glass. But here at Plastic Logic we believe that glass displays don’t always make sense in the modern world, and more to…
WEARABLES: FITNESS VS. FASHION Wearables have long been advertised as ‘the next big thing’ in the consumer technology market. Health and fitness trackers were a key part of the early hype around wearables, but obviously a lot of attention has also focused on smartwatches. For many experts, smartwatches have the potential to be a compelling…
Blendology turns to Plastic Logic E Ink displays for re-usable, interactive delegate badges Despite conferences being a great platform for networking — with so many presentations, panel sessions and demos happening, it is perhaps not surprising that the average delegate only exchanges contact details with just 3 people, according to entrepreneur Bill Munday. The average…
Plastic Logic has partnered with L!BER8 to create ‘Tago Arc’ – an elegant smart bracelet featuring a flexible E Ink display that adapts to a wide array of patterns and designs depending on the wearer’s style and mood. By incorporating Plastic Logic’s leading-edge flexible plastic electronic technology, L!BER8 has created a bracelet whereby the final…