7th January 2010 – Eindhoven – Today Liquavista BV and GBO Design-Engineering have unveiled a compact eReader concept produced to showcase Liquavista’s display technology. Nicknamed ‘the Pebble’, the product concept was conceived to demonstrate to users and customers the impact of adopting dynamic high-brightness displays within a product environment and illustrate the values and benefits of Liquavista technology over existing eReader screens.
“This collaboration demonstrates the way that our displays can be visualized and the impact that our technology will have on next generation devices” commented Guy Demuynck, Liquavista’s CEO. “With the Pebble concept and the launch of our new color display LiquavistaColor, consumers can now read not only books but also enjoy magazines or newspapers as well as browse photos, video clips, enjoy social networking and make video calls. This is a true realisation of a device that drives the long term functionality of eReader products.”
“Our design was inspired from seeing the true benefits of Liquavista’s displays and wanting to take their benefits and produce a concept product that was far superior to existing stereotypical eReaders” added Tom Schreuder, Product Designer at GBO Design-Engineering. “Ergonomically this design is a major improvement over the flat shape that digital readers predominantly have and has been designed with the consumer in mind – The Pebble is both small and lightweight, has a smooth touch and fits neatly in the hand of the user.”
Liquavista’s high performance display technology has intrinsic high-speed video capability which will vastly expand the functionality and user experience of digital reading devices. It enables the next generation of eReaders to play video, smoothly browse the web and make video calls, using the camera featured in this concept. The technology has also been developed so that it can be produced within existing display manufacturing facilities, making full use of large capacity, low cost manufacturing techniques.
GBO’s design distinguishes itself from the stereotypical shape of current digital readers, resulting in a 6″ handheld multimedia eReader which is both small and lightweight. The back casing has a comfortable and soft pebble-like shape and together with the concave front surface, in a soft-touch finish, provides a more tactile experience for the user. Navigation buttons to flip pages are integrated in the soft-touch frame and using the touch display, further navigating through the device’s interface can be done intuitively with your fingers or a stylus pen.
LiquavistaPebble eReaders showing LiquavistaColor display
The eReader concept and Liquavista’s new displays can be seen on stand 12041 at CES 2010, taking place 7th to 11th January 2010 at Las Vegas Convention Centre. You can see the latest video of our demonstrators by visiting www.liquavista.com/liquavistapebble
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About Liquavista – www.liquavista.com
Liquavista offers a new type of electronic screen technology that will change the way we interact with mobile phones, media players, electronic readers and other mobile devices. Liquavista’s displays create bright and colourful images that ensure excellent indoor and outdoor viewability and use dramatically less battery power. Users can engage with their favourite applications for longer before a recharge is necessary and battery sizes can be reduced allowing devices to be thinner and lighter.
The company’s ultimate vision is to build on the extraordinary optical performance and unique power efficiency of its technology to lead a green revolution in low power displays for notebook PCs, desktop monitors and televisions.
Liquavista was founded in 2006 as a spin-out from the world famous Philips Research Labs in Eindhoven. The company is backed by Amadeus Capital, GIMV, Applied Materials and Prime Technology Ventures. It is headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
About GBO Design-Engineering – www.gbo.eu
GBO design – engineering is an experienced partner in product development. Founded by Jacques Gramser, Erwin Boes and Jeroen op ten Berg in 1989 it has evolved from a small-scale industrial design consulting agency to a full-grown and modern company with over 20 employees specialized in design and engineering.
During the years we’ve built up successful, long term relationships with both small companies as well as large multinationals. Due to our past, we developed a clear vision of design and engineering and how to structure the process of product development. Our knowledge of different materials, production methods and markets creates added value for current and future clients.
