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Do disposable displays exist? The ones i have, at least, aren't biodegradable at all, and are in fact barely recyclable at all. Seems like you're proposing an

Do disposable displays exist? The ones i have, at least, aren't biodegradable at all, and are in fact barely recyclable at all. Seems like you're proposing an environmental disaster.

F_r_k 9y ago
The idea is great, but indeed it would induce a lot of preventable waste
cr0sh 9y ago
The closest kind of such a display I can think of would be a cholesteric liquid crystal display: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesteric_liquid_crystal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesteric_liquid_crystal ...and even that may not be. I only say that it might, because I have a credit-card sized (it looks identical to a credit card - same size, same thickness) device from my bank, that was given to me as a customer for generating a 2-factor authentication number. The number is displayed as a set of 6 7-segment digits on such a display. I've had it for over 15 years, and it is still running off its original battery. That said, I've never seen such a display which was larger than what is on my card, nor one that had color (the one on my card is a "greyish-green" color). Plus the displays are very slow to update (but, like e-ink displays, they don't need power to retain the image - at least in the short term; over time, the numbers on mine "degrade"). But supposedly, when the card's battery is "used up", and the card no longer works, you're supposed to cut it up along certain "lines" printed on the back of the card, and throw it in the trash. I doubt that it is biodegradable, but it might be recyclable.
QAPereo 9y ago
You're right that it would be catastrophic using current tech, but I was only thinking in terms of feasibility.
nomel 9y ago
You guys are all nuts for taking this silly project seriously. I'll just use my phone.
- wruza 9y ago
  This project fits the generation of non-tech adults pretty good. My grandma for example still asks me to clear her sms inbox because phone op spams it with ads and she hardly can do it herself. Few decades later this will fall off from reality, of course (if we'll still retain the strict sense of reality then at all). Upd: supporting your point, I suggest all people here evaluate buying this thing vs. buying a tablet with only two functions: view gallery and view image (and seamlessly download these from fixed photostream that you can post to as a remote contributor).

Do disposable displays exist? The ones i have, at least, aren't biodegradable at all, and are in fact barely recyclable at all. Seems like you're proposing an environmental disaster.

F_r_k 9y ago

The idea is great, but indeed it would induce a lot of preventable waste

cr0sh 9y ago

The closest kind of such a display I can think of would be a cholesteric liquid crystal display: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesteric_liquid_crystal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesteric_liquid_crystal ...and even that may not be. I only say that it might, because I have a credit-card sized (it looks identical to a credit card - same size, same thickness) device from my bank, that was given to me as a customer for generating a 2-factor authentication number. The number is displayed as a set of 6 7-segment digits on such a display. I've had it for over 15 years, and it is still running off its original battery. That said, I've never seen such a display which was larger than what is on my card, nor one that had color (the one on my card is a "greyish-green" color). Plus the displays are very slow to update (but, like e-ink displays, they don't need power to retain the image - at least in the short term; over time, the numbers on mine "degrade"). But supposedly, when the card's battery is "used up", and the card no longer works, you're supposed to cut it up along certain "lines" printed on the back of the card, and throw it in the trash. I doubt that it is biodegradable, but it might be recyclable.

QAPereo 9y ago

You're right that it would be catastrophic using current tech, but I was only thinking in terms of feasibility.

nomel 9y ago

You guys are all nuts for taking this silly project seriously. I'll just use my phone.

wruza 9y ago
This project fits the generation of non-tech adults pretty good. My grandma for example still asks me to clear her sms inbox because phone op spams it with ads and she hardly can do it herself. Few decades later this will fall off from reality, of course (if we'll still retain the strict sense of reality then at all). Upd: supporting your point, I suggest all people here evaluate buying this thing vs. buying a tablet with only two functions: view gallery and view image (and seamlessly download these from fixed photostream that you can post to as a remote contributor).