ITRI Wins US R&D100 Awards Fourth Time with its Green Eco-Friendly Display Technology

R&D 100 Awards, often known as the Oscars of technology industry, published the name list of prize winners on June 22, 2011. ITRI successively won this award three years in a row with its outstanding innovative R&D. This year, ITRI was awarded for two eco-friendly technologies, namely, rewritable i2R e-Paper and new-type polarizer protective film HyTAC. This ranked ITRI with Intel, Dell, 3M and Hitachi as award winners of R&D 100 Awards. This is also ITRI’s winning of this award for a fourth time in a row and testimonial of Taiwan’s R&D capacity and innovation capability internationally.

The new-type polarizer protective film HyTAC technology has been applied a unique organic and inorganic nano material mixing technology. The highly transparent optical film and low-toxic manufacturing processes not only conforms to the trend of environmental protection but can also replace using TAC film for the current polarizers. It is a critical material autonomously researched and developed in Taiwan. It will enhance the competitive edge of local LCD display industry and become extensive upstream materials for display.

The rewritable e-paper only requires heat to store or transmit images on the flexible cholesteric liquid crystal panel. This e-paper can achieve 300dpi high resolution with memory function. It does not consume electricity. To change any content, you can simply put the paper into a thermal writing device to complete at once image removing and writing step. It is both eco-friendly and rewritable for multiple times.

The rewritable e-paper only requires heat to store or transmit images on the flexible cholesteric liquid crystal panel. This e-paper can achieve 300dpi high resolution with memory function. It does not consume electricity. To change any content, you can simply put the paper into a thermal writing device to complete at once image removing and writing step. It is both eco-friendly and rewritable for multiple times. At the same time, since the thermal writing head is small in size and consumes minimal electricity, it is unnecessary to carry out the image removing step. Production cost is low and easy to carry out mass production.