Samsung AMOLED RFID e-passport showcased

At the Cebit Trade Fair held at Bundesdruckerei, Samsung recently showcased the world’s first ePassport equipped with a fully functional AMOLED display a couple of days ago. The AMOLED RFID e-passport embeds a 2-inch QVGA resolution flexible display into an identity card.  Intended to show a 360-degree view of the card-holder, rather than just a full-on headshot, the e-passport uses an AMOLED display so frugal it can be powered wireless via an RFID reader.

It also has a 10,000:1 contrast ratio and can display 260k colors, according to Samsung. Although this is just a one off, and will probably never go in to production (i’ll bet there are tons of government agencies trying it out) it is a very nice concept. I would be quite happy to whip out my AMOLED passport to the customs official, and would opt for that over my terrible-photo-passport anyday.

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