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Check out "The Invisible Screen" recently profiled here (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38773669 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38773669). I've seen
by octobus2021 3y ago
Check out "The Invisible Screen" recently profiled here (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38773669 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38773669). I've seen quite a few people playing with e-ink, the problem is these things are still way too expensive...
- HuwFulcher 3y agoThanks will take a look! At the risk of sounding ignorant, I can’t understand why such seemingly simple peripherals are so expensive
- orbital-decay 3y agoLow volumes mainly, also EPD displays are hard to tame.
- octobus2021 3y agoSeeing this way too late, apologies. Apparently the company which invented and patented the technology is trying to get as much revenue from it as possible. I think this is starting to change as people finding alternative approaches or at least something meaningfully different so as to not be covered by the patent, but it has not translated into more competition as of yet.