E Ink has been buzzed about for years.  I wanted to do an E Ink independent study project during my undergraduate years, but the cost for a test device was too expensive.  Finally though it looks like E Ink will hit the newsstands.  I was expecting it to be in the form of newspapers, but instead it will grace the cover of the September issue of Esquire.  Back when I was looking at the technology, having your newspaper delivered electronically each morning to an e-newspaper was one of the biggest uses the company envisioned.  And yet, that’s never materialized.  Although Amazon does use the technology in the Kindle, its e-book reader.  So this will be a big step forward for the technology replacing traditional print media.

I don’t read Esquire, nor know what content I will find between the covers.  But I’m going to do my best to get my hands on a copy.  Mostly so I can rip it apart and find out how I can tinker with the e-paper for my own uses.


Permalink  Trackback