It uses the same technology as a Kindle. engineering CES2022
Personalization and self-expression are turning out to be major themes at CES 2022.BMW’s big announcement today — a technology that changes the color of a car with the touch of a button
— shows that the storied German automaker understood the assignment. The company unveiled the tech on a concept version of its new 100% electricwill be available soon, but vehicles with color-changing paint won’t be hitting showroom floors at car dealerships for quite a while — if they ever do. BMW describes the chameleon-like exterior as an “advanced research and design project.”
The color-changing paint is a new, flashy application of a familiar technology. E-ink, which enables the “electric paper” technology that powers e-readers like Amazon’s Kindle, drives the paint BMW unveiled today. The ink is impregnated with microcapsules, about as thick as a human hair. White pigments within these microcapsules are negatively charged, and black pigments carry a positive charge.
needed for air condition. Black, on the other hand, absorbs light and could reduce the amount of power needed to keep a vehicle comfortably warm.
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