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This DIY e-paper instant camera is like a digital polaroid (for ephemeral photos)

E Ink screens can display a static image indefinitely without consuming any power. So while they’re probably best known for their use in eBook readers, they’ve become increasingly popular options for digital signage such as price tags. But one hacker came up with another use for small E Ink displays: photography. Cameron Dowd’s e-paper instant […]

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Lenovo Smart Paper E Ink tablet coming in late 2023 for $400

As expected, Lenovo’s first E Ink tablet is coming to the US and other countries after launching in China in 2022. The Lenovo Smart Paper is a 10.3 inch tablet with Android-based software and a black and white touchscreen display and support for pressure-sensitive pen input, allowing you to use it for taking notes, drawing pictures, […]

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Hisense Hi Reader Pro is an Android smartphone with a 6.1 inch E Ink display

The Hisense Hi Reader Pro is a smartphone with mid-range specs including a Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. Up for pre-order in China for less than $250, there’s one thing that makes this phone different from most others though: its display. Instead of an LCD or AMOLED screen, the […]

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Lenovo Smart Paper E Ink tablet could be the global version of China’s Yoga Paper

The Lenovo Yoga Paper is an E Ink tablet with a 10.3 inch greyscale display that supports pen and touch input, a Rockchip RK3566 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and Android-based software. First announced earlier this year, the Yoga Paper is available in China for around $400 and up, but Lenovo hasn’t announced […]

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Lilbits: LastPass customer data stolen (included encrypted password vaults) and what you can do about it

You probably know that you should have a unique, secure password for every site you visit (unless you’re already living in the post-password world of passkeys). You also probably know that there’s no way you’re going to remember all of those unique passwords, which is why we have password managers like 1Password, LastPass, Dashlane, Bitwarden, […]

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EnkPi boards combine E Ink displays with Raspberry Pi Pico W (crowdfunding)

The InkPlate 2 isn’t the only new electronic paper display to hit Kickstarter this week. The EnkPi family of devices are a line of a ePaper boards that come in 2.9 inch, 4.2 inch, 5.83 inch and 7.5 inch sizes. Each is mounted to a custom printed circuit board with 6 programmable buttons, and powered […]

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Inkplate 2 is a programmable 2.13 inch ePaper display with WiFi (crowdfunding)

The InkPlate 2 is a 2.13 inch, 212 x 104 pixel, 3-color electronic paper display with support for black, white, and red. It’s also designed to be an inexpensive, programmable, hacker-friendly low-power device that can be used for a wide range of applications. It’s up for pre-order for $35 and up during a Kickstarter crowdfunding […]

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Lilbits: Sony PS VR2 coming in Feb for $550, when Ryzen 9 isn’t faster than Ryzen 7, and goodbye Google Hangouts (again)

It’s been six years since Sony released the PlayStation VR accessory, bringing support for virtual reality games to PlayStation game consoles. At the time its $399 price tag was very competitive, and its specs weren’t too bad by 2016 standards. Now Sony is getting ready to launch a 2nd-gen model featuring a higher-quality display and […]

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Hanvon N10 Mini is a 7.8 inch E Ink writing slate

The Hanvon N10 Mini is a tablet with a 7.8 inch grayscale E Ink display that supports pen and touch input. It looks like a big eReader, but since the N10 Mini comes with a pressure-sensitive pen, it’s more of a portable device for taking notes, drawing pictures, or annotating books and other documents. Customers […]

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Amazon Kindle Scribe is a 10.2 inch E Ink writing slate for $340

Amazon’s new Kindle Scribe is the company’s first large-screen E Ink device since the company canceled the Kindle DX. It’s also the company’s first Kindle that supports pen input. While other members of the Kindle family are designed for reading eBooks, the Kindle Scribe can be used for reading and writing thanks to its 10.2 inch E […]