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E Ink just unveiled a new type of color e-paper

43 points by kozmonaut 7y ago

jhallenworld 7y ago
I want the reMarkable pad version of this..
- m-p-3 7y ago
  Seriously. Also, we're trying to push our users to go paperless as much as we can, and while the need for some printers is still present, if we could make some devices like the reMarkable being able to access our universal print queue and have people send their paper notes there (and retrieve it from the print queue on the reMarkable) prior to their meetings, it would really make the experience seamless to their workflow and eliminate another source.
  - jfim 7y ago
    Someone has a cups driver for Linux that sends files to the reMarkable directly. I have no idea if it even works, but this might be useful: https://github.com/ofosos/scratch/tree/master/remarkable-cups https://github.com/ofosos/scratch/tree/master/remarkable-cup...
sammyo 7y ago
This will be great for nautical charts, quick refresh is not needed and often used in strong sunlight.
wespiser_2018 7y ago
Wow, this will be great to read comic books and graphic novels!
tsukurimashou 7y ago
Very impressive, but I think running android on these devices make them look even more impractical than they really are. E ink displays have a very bad refresh rate, when you combine that to fancy smooth animations the result is a lagfest. We need to have redesigned interfaces for these type of device. Speaking of refresh rate, at the end of the video you can see someone drawing on the screen and everything is rendered pretty quickly without having to redraw the entire screen, is that a different technology?
- justinclift 7y ago
  Yeah. It'd be interesting to have something like this tech be used for a project like The Open Book (OSS e-book reader): https://github.com/joeycastillo/The-Open-Book https://github.com/joeycastillo/The-Open-Book Maybe The Open Book v2, or v3. :)
- jaquers 7y ago
  I don't think so. It's easy to "paint" over white because that's the base color of the medium, but "painting" over another color means you have to clear it first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsbiO8EAsGw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsbiO8EAsGw
RenRav 7y ago
How is it being used by wacom for a graphics tablet if the update rate is sluggish? In the video with a stylus it looked perfectly fine, but navigating around android it was really bad. Does the update rate vary based on what needs added to the picture?

43 points by kozmonaut 7y ago

jhallenworld 7y ago

I want the reMarkable pad version of this..

m-p-3 7y ago
Seriously. Also, we're trying to push our users to go paperless as much as we can, and while the need for some printers is still present, if we could make some devices like the reMarkable being able to access our universal print queue and have people send their paper notes there (and retrieve it from the print queue on the reMarkable) prior to their meetings, it would really make the experience seamless to their workflow and eliminate another source.
- jfim 7y ago
  Someone has a cups driver for Linux that sends files to the reMarkable directly. I have no idea if it even works, but this might be useful: https://github.com/ofosos/scratch/tree/master/remarkable-cups https://github.com/ofosos/scratch/tree/master/remarkable-cup...

sammyo 7y ago

This will be great for nautical charts, quick refresh is not needed and often used in strong sunlight.

wespiser_2018 7y ago

Wow, this will be great to read comic books and graphic novels!

tsukurimashou 7y ago

Very impressive, but I think running android on these devices make them look even more impractical than they really are. E ink displays have a very bad refresh rate, when you combine that to fancy smooth animations the result is a lagfest. We need to have redesigned interfaces for these type of device. Speaking of refresh rate, at the end of the video you can see someone drawing on the screen and everything is rendered pretty quickly without having to redraw the entire screen, is that a different technology?

justinclift 7y ago
Yeah. It'd be interesting to have something like this tech be used for a project like The Open Book (OSS e-book reader): https://github.com/joeycastillo/The-Open-Book https://github.com/joeycastillo/The-Open-Book Maybe The Open Book v2, or v3. :)
jaquers 7y ago
I don't think so. It's easy to "paint" over white because that's the base color of the medium, but "painting" over another color means you have to clear it first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsbiO8EAsGw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsbiO8EAsGw

RenRav 7y ago

How is it being used by wacom for a graphics tablet if the update rate is sluggish? In the video with a stylus it looked perfectly fine, but navigating around android it was really bad. Does the update rate vary based on what needs added to the picture?