Color-Changing Guitar Debuts as Cream and E Ink Open Preorders November 26, 2025 by John Berkovich Musicians have always worn their emotions on their sleeves — think Mick Jagger pushing away intrusive photographers in his younger days — now their guitars can, too. Cream Guitars has partnered with E Ink to open preorders for the Cream DaVinci, the world’s first commercially available color-changing guitar powered by E Ink Prism 3 display …
Hackers Target LA Metro’s E-Paper Bus Stop Displays November 5, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger E-paper screens can also be vulnerable to cyberattacks – a fact demonstrated recently in downtown Los Angeles. According to local news outlet KTLA, several LA Metro bus stop displays temporarily showed a bomb warning message instead of displaying waiting times for buses. The altered message read: “Emergency Warning. Leave immediately. Risk of Suicide Bomb.” A …
E Ink Sees Growing Green Signage Demand in Japan, Partners with AUO and Stellarlink October 31, 2025 by John Berkovich E Ink has partnered with Japan-based IT solutions provider Stellarlink to deliver a new e-paper signage line using E Ink’s Spectra 6: the J-Poster, an A2-sized domestically produced signage solution, and the Aecopost, a 31.5-inch model manufactured through AUO Display Plus. Both solutions are designed specifically for the Japanese market where Taiwan-based E Ink sees …
PPDS Promotes Bruce Wyrwitzke to Senior Director of Sales for North America October 29, 2025 by John Berkovich PPDS has elevated longtime team member Bruce Wyrwitzke to oversee all North American sales operations, part of the company’s ongoing strategy to expand its presence across the region. Wyrwitzke, who joined PPDS in 2021 as Sales Director, will now lead all sales operations across product categories including digital signage, dvLED, interactive displays, videowalls, and professional …
E Ink Meets Home Décor: Aura Launches $499 Picture Frame October 23, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger The digital photo frame brand Aura is launching its first model with an e-paper display. Unlike its other models, which use LCD screens, this new frame features E Ink’s Spectra 6 technology, giving color photos a print-like appearance. Cable-free and designed to run for up to three months on a single battery charge, bringing hallmark …
Buffalo Launches Smart Curb Pilot to Digitize Downtown Streets October 14, 2025 by John Berkovich The City of Buffalo, New York, USA, is moving forward with Smart Curb Buffalo. This pilot program will introduce real-time digital signage and street-level sensors designed to improve traffic flow, parking management, and emergency communication. Funded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s SMART Grant program, the initiative marks a significant step in the city’s push …
Dutch Media Museum Goes Paperless with Philips E-Paper Displays October 13, 2025 by John Berkovich The Beeld & Geluid media museum in Hilversum, near Amsterdam, has replaced many of their printed posters with e-paper displays. Battery-powered 25-inch Philips Tableaux screens now stand on wooden mounts in front of the museum’s colorful glass façade and throughout the media archive, taking the place of traditional poster stands. The new e-paper screens show …
Visionect E-Paper Displays Support “Quiet” Digital Integration in Art Exhibition August 21, 2025 by John Berkovich The Academy of Fine Arts and Design at the University of Ljubljana (UL ALUO) has introduced e-paper digital signage into its exhibition spaces while preserving the galleries’ tranquil, analogue ambiance. For its latest exhibition, UL ALUO needed a way to display student exhibitor names without installing traditional screens – no bright lights, glows, or digital …
Nowsignage Adds CMS Support for Samsung’s EMDX E-Paper Displays August 20, 2025 by John Berkovich A number of software vendors have jumped on the e-paper bandwagon over the past two years, making sure their digital signage CMS works with these types of displays. Since e-paper screens will never fully replace LCDs because of their inability to show moving images, but will instead complement them in mixed-fleet networks, managing both through …
E-Paper: 2.5 Million Colors Thanks to Samsung’s Algorithm July 1, 2025 by Antonia Hamberger Most e-paper displays on the market are built on the same core technology. Brands like Samsung, PPDS, and Sharp don’t differ much when it comes to their display panels. For indoor color screens, almost all of them use E Ink’s Spectra 6. The real differences come down to the finer details – things like the …
