How Could you use Ynvisible E-Paper and why?
Our key benefits of Ynvisible E-Paper Displays and an Interesting Case Study Example
There are so many key features and benefits to list for the Ynvisible E-Paper displays, check out a snap shot view of the main ones as below. As well as an application idea which may get you thinking and can show you that anything is possible with Ynvisible E-Paper. An application idea which could also potentially make a huge impact on the planet too.
Snap Shot of Key Benefits of Ynvisible E-Paper
💚 No glass – super thin, below 300 μm
🍃 Flexible / mouldable / rollable / can be adapted to a cover glass / lightweight
🌱 Ultra-low power consumption (static power consumption) of only 1.67mW/cm2 – the lowest power consumption for customised Displays on the market
♻️ Lower component cost and lower system cost
🌍 High Contrast and Readability and Wide Viewing Angle
💚 Flexible display design
🍃 Colours and graphics overlays
🌱 Cut-out shapes
♻️ Robust / durable / long-lasting
🌍 Sustainable Bi-Stable technology
💚 Segment displays and colour displays
🍃 Ynvisible ONLY manufacture customised displays
🌱 Most popular industries – digital signage, smart monitoring, authenticity and security, retail signage and labels.
Could the issue of food waste be reduced with e-paper?
Did you know that at an EU level, the total food waste measured in 2021 was above 58 million tonnes of fresh mass? (https://food.ec.europa.eu/safety/food-waste_en) What a shameful statistic, wouldn’t it be great to help reduce this figure.
Standard analogue expiration dates are typically set very conservatively meaning consumers could be throwing away food that is still well in date and safe for consumption. With the addition of the multitude of different terms used on the packaging no wonder everyone is confused about when it is time to throw food out. With terms like “sell-by”, “use-by”, “best-before”, have you ever considered how much food goes to waste just because of expiration dates? In addition to this, retailers choose to remove products from the shelf that are close to sell-by dates, which also leads to more waste.
One way to fight food waste is to replace traditional, analogue expiry date labels with smart, e-paper-based labels, combined with smart sensors. E-paper based smart labels can be used to dynamically communicate information about the actual state of a product. Smart labels can also alert retailers about products that have not been kept under the right conditions during shipping and transportation, allowing for identifying products that may pose a threat to consumers, before they reach the shelves.
Benefits of using smart e-paper labels in this application
Here are the main benefits of replacing traditional food expiration labels with smart, e-paper based labels:
- Consumer Confidence: consumers can easily check the freshness status of the products, in real time, increasing their confidence in product quality and safety.
- Reduced Waste: real time freshness indicators can help to significantly reduce food waste, as the current “expiry date” system is highly inefficient.
- Regulatory Compliance: e-paper-based smart labels can store and display information needed for regulatory compliance (expiration date, storage conditions, etc).
- Supply Chain Optimisation: e-paper-based smart labels can provide continuous freshness and safety monitoring of products throughout the supply chain and help with inventory management by identifying products that are nearing their shelf life.
The advantages of Ynvisible displays is not just power consumption, but rather a combination of various positive properties that our displays bring to the table. Firstly, we do not use glass, the layer thickness is very low at 300 µm, our displays are flexible and therefore mouldable and can be adapted to a cover glass. The power consumption (static power consumption) of 1.67mW/cm2 is naturally low, but only plays a contributory role. The advantage is obvious for battery-operated applications using a button cell, but for industrial applications other advantages are more important. It is therefore the sum of the positive characteristics that tips the balance of our Ynvisible displays, and we only manufacture customised displays bespoke for customers.
In conclusion, the combination of thin and flexible e-paper displays with sensors and electronics in the form of a label provides a powerful way to monitoring product freshness and preventing food waste. As well as details on the consumption date, the labels could also include Real-Time, Dynamic Indicators, Temperature and Humidity Indicators and Gas and Bacteria Indicators.
Ynvisible has been recently featured on an article related to this topic in The Independent.
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