Color-changing E Ink lets walls come alive

12 Jan 2015 • engadget.com

Do you think that the walls at your school or office just aren’t sprightly enough? E Ink may have a way to liven things up. Its new Prism material lets buildings subtly change colors and patterns on the spot, without having to rely on banks of expensive digital displays that stick out like a sore thumb. It’s more than just animated wallpaper, though. It can respond to input, such as a person walking by, and even works for furniture – imagine a bench that changes its look every day. Prism sips only a tiny amount of power, too, so you don’t need to keep things plugged in.

Today we have Phillips Hue and LIFX. Soon you’ll paint your whole house with just your iPhone. One day our children will not think twice about changing the color of their walls every single day - or hour. You’ll tell them it used to take an hour or more to paint a room… it was sticky, could make a mess, smelled bad, and it could hurt you to breathed too much of it they will just laugh at you like you are insane.

They also won’t realize the amazing impossibility of the world they live in.