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E-ink Shows Off (Another) Foldable 10.3″ Display, This Time With a Frontlight

11 August, 202011 August, 2020E-ink, e-Reading HardwareLeave a comment

Foldable E-ink display prototypes are old hat in 2020 – the oldest prototypes are actually older than some of my nieces. With just the one foldable...

Waveshare Now Carries a 5.65″ ACeP E-ink Display

11 August, 202011 August, 2020E-inkOne Comment

How would you like to get your hands on one of E-ink’s ACeP displays? Well, Waveshare has a 5.65″ screen unit which it will soon be...

Hands On With Waveshare’s NFC-Powered E-ink Screens

4 June, 202015 June, 2020E-ink, e-Reading Hardware5 Comments

Remember 3 months back when I told you about Waveshare selling a line of E-ink screens powered by NFC? Well, after two months of saving up,...

E-ink and Innolux Are Developing 28″ Color ePaper Signage

6 May, 20206 May, 2020E-ink8 Comments

Here’s something to keep you interested while we wait for the new color ereaders to ship. A couple days ago E-ink announced they are developing a...

All You Need to Know About the E-ink Kaleido Screen Tech

24 April, 202024 April, 2020E-ink, e-Reading Hardware6 Comments

With several new color ereaders (such as the Onyx Boox Poke 2 Color) launching in 2020, everyone is wondering just what kind of screen tech is...

Waveshare Now Sells NFC-Powered E-ink Screens in 7.5″, 4.2″, 2.9″, and 2.13″ Sizes

18 March, 202018 March, 2020E-inkOne Comment

Remember way back in June 2013 when I showed you a proof of concept design for a battery-less E-ink screen powered by NFC? The idea never...

Viewtag’s E-ink Equipped Luggage Tag Clears the FCC

25 January, 201925 January, 2019E-ink, e-Reading HardwareLeave a comment

For the past six years or so E-ink luggage tags have been just over the horizon; multiple models have been announced but none have made it...

E-ink’s New JustWrite Screen Tech is Intended to Let You Write with Near-Zero Latency

2 December, 20182 December, 2018E-inkLeave a comment

E-ink has developed a new screen tech that could one day replace notepads or compliment Wacom tablets, but it is being weirdly passive aggressive in promoting...

E-ink Booth Tour SID Display Week 2018 (videos)

4 June, 20184 June, 2018Conferences & Trade shows, E-ink, e-Reading HardwareLeave a comment

The ereader market is mostly dead, but E-ink is still showing off nifty looking new prototypes. For example, E-ink showed off their new 10.3″ flexible display last...

ePaper Hacking: How to Get the Fastest Possible Refresh Rate (video)

2 November, 201711 November, 2017E-ink, e-Reading HardwareOne Comment

Ever wonder just what is involved in refreshing an E-ink screen? Ben Krasnow has posted a video where he first explains how epaper works and then goes...

E-ink is Now Selling ePaper Screen Units Direct to the Public

19 December, 201612 June, 2017E-ink, e-Reading Hardware5 Comments

It has long been possible to buy E-ink screens and kits through electronics supply warehouses or through niche sites like AdaFruit – all that you needed was...

Microsoft’s New ePaper Display is Powered by Office Lights and Never Needs Charging

24 October, 201613 May, 2017E-ink, e-Reading Hardware4 Comments

Over the past few years we’ve seen ereader and other epaper displays which were powered wirelessly by NFC. Now Microsoft has come up with a design for...

Three-Color Spectra E-ink Screens Now Available for DIY Projects

11 October, 201611 October, 2016E-ink, e-Reading Hardware3 Comments

When E-ink unveiled its Spectra screens in 2013, the cutting edge 3-color epaper displays were only sold in the e-shelf label market. With exactly three colors...

E-ink, Toppan Debut a 32″ Flexible Color E-ink Screen

21 September, 201621 September, 2016E-ink, e-Reading HardwareLeave a comment

In May of this year E-ink unveiled a 32″ flexible E-ink screen, and now they are showing off a color option. Last week Japan-based Toppan Printing announced...

Giant E-ink Screens Turn Trucks Into Accident-Causing Distractions

14 September, 201613 July, 2017E-ink, Tech2 Comments

Visionect is a Slovenian company which develops new uses for E-ink screens. They’ve developed bus signs, a smart meeting room sign, and a sign for museums,...