September 6th, 2011

Eink’s Screens Explained With A Snowglobe

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Your Kindle doesn’t have to be mystery. Electronic paper technology is a rather simple concept as shown by the video after the jump. Voltage toggles so-called microparticles between white and black pigments. Different levels allow for the shades of gray. That’s it, friend.

The video comes IFA where Sriram Peruvemba, Eink’s Chief Marketing Officer, offers the simplified explanation along with… → Read More

May 18th, 2009

Bookeen announces (possibly bad) ebook reader

Ebook device Bookeen announced last week that they are going to be introducing a new device, the “Cybook Opus.” Intended as an alternative to the Kindle, the details are sketchy so far, but we know that they are trying to make a lighter, more portable device then the other devices on the market. → Read More

February 13th, 2009

Video: Android now playing nicely with e-ink

The Moto Dev Group (not Motorola) previously stated that the company is fully committed to Android development and now it seems the company is working diligently getting the OS functional on an e-ink display. So far the development guys have succeeded on a proof of concept device, but it’s still far from production quality. Android’s open source code and e-inks low power consumption could be match… → Read More

July 30th, 2008

Esquire's upcoming 75th Anniversary e-ink cover begs to be hacked, deputy editor condones it!

BBG’s interpretation of the upcoming cover Joel over at BBG has a great interview with deputy editor Peter Griffin from Esquire and I’m excited to see the e-ink cover for the 75th anniversary issue that hits stands this October. Griffin divulges that Ford’s advertisement for the Flex crossover SUV on the inside cover defrayed a good chunk of the cost to Hearst, so we won’t… → Read More