On 8/22/08, William Chops Westfield wrote: > > On Aug 22, 2008, at 10:59 AM, M. Adam Davis wrote: > > > I figure $6 for two E-Ink displays (though I expect them to be small, > > and difficult to work with) is worth it. > > My impression from pictures I've seen is that the display are large > and very > dumb - great big electrodes that blink a simple pattern; bearing > approximately > the same relationship to a useful e-ink display that those early "LCD > opaquable windows" bear to a modern active matrix laptop panel. A > demo of E-ink without really demoing a e-ink "display." No, it appears you are correct, and I was mistaken on another point - it looks like it's slated for the October magazine, not september - so we've got another month anyway. Still, would give a nice into into how to drive an E-Ink display without destroying a $300 e-book. -Adam -- EARTH DAY 2008 Tuesday April 22 Save Money * Save Oil * Save Lives * Save the Planet http://www.driveslowly.org -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist