SnapWatch Ltd, a UK-based start-up has patented a flexible watch concept using E paper display technology.
The watch display is a multifunctional slimline, buckle-less band that wraps around the wrist and is one of the first products selected from a host of designs using flexible E-paper from this one patent.
The display band will feature coloured animations, time, date and a variety of icons and text combinations that run along the entire length of the band. The watch device is fully flexible, robust, consumes very little power and does not generate heat.
The early development applications will focus on the children's toy market but the company are also looking at ticketing for events and the healthcare market where the band features crucial medical information for the wearer.
SnapWatch's flexibility and capacity for day to day information on the wrist means it could be used as an accessory product for the mobile phone and could easily work in conjuction with GPS, a wearable MP3 player or a ski pass.
Snapwatch Ltd want to keep its options open as to how to market SnapWatch and are looking for a global manufacturer who could potentially produce a product on a commercial scale. They are also prepared to discuss the possibility of licensing the IP or selling it outright.
For more on flexible e-paper attend Printed Electronics Europe 2008.
