So Equire magazine is outfitting 100,000 of it's 720,000 september
issue magazines with 2 E-Ink displays - one on the front cover
displaying something eyecatching/informative/etc and one on the rear
cover as a Ford advertisement.

I was wondering if anyone had seen one in person yet.  I'm curious to
find out how they may have allocated them, and wondering if it's
worthwhile scouring the local shopping centers, bookstores and
newstands for them.

The battery is estimated to last only 90 days (shipping of these from
Mexico, where the batteries were hand inserted, was performed in a
refrigerated truck), so there may be more available in November.

I figure $6 for two E-Ink displays (though I expect them to be small,
and difficult to work with) is worth it.  Might not even have a
seperate controller/driver from the micro displaying the message,
which would make them very difficult to re-purpose.  But it's worth
investigating.

Now if only E-Ink had a $6 demo kit...

-Adam

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