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Posted by Jack Crossfire on September 9, 2008 at 10:30am
Just not anywhere within 30 miles of Silicon Valley. There are some small shaky blurry videos and a few HD frame grabs of parts of it and here they are. Similar sized displays from sparkfun cost hundreds of dollars.http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.cnet.com%2F8301-17938_105-10035276-1.html&ei=JbTGSN3jKaOipwTBwIS1AQ&usg=AFQjCNFlugrJm1lQn0Pnfh_-tL6dXO_ZBA&sig2=ySoxOWYCbf7DeLupCVUs1whttp://gizmodo.com/5046575/esquires-e+ink-cover-hits-newsstands-blinking-disappointmenthttp://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/esquire_eink_cover_hackin.htmlhttp://www.wikio.com/video/426274It has 14 regions controlled by 14 pins. It's not a dot matrix display. It appears the most expensive part of E-ink is the addressing scheme and not the ink.
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  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson September 9, 2008 at 11:16am
    We were shown that and passed. Return of the blink tag--totally annoying. Just to be clear, this is nothing like what's available at Sparkfun and elsewhere, which are general-purpose dot-addressable displays. Instead, in this one the screen is pre-created with big custom blocks that flash on and off. If all you want is 14 on/off indicators, you're better off with two 8-segment LEDs.
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