Looking For E-Ink Applications Beyond Ebook Readers

An anonymous reader writes "When MIT's Media Lab originally came up with E-Ink back in 1997, we doubt they expected the technology to be this widely popular. Today, we see E-Ink's applications take a step further than just E-book readers. From streaming videos onto your wardrobe to camouflaging tanks, various companies have been experimenting with the technology to discover its next big adoption."

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MIT did NOT come up with e-ink, PARC did

[Anonymous Coward]

E-Ink was actually invented in the 1970's by Nick Sheridon at Xerox PARC. MIT Media Labs simply tried to recreate it (and later altered how it was originally done).

Re:Widely popular?

[rwa2]

I've seen exactly one use of e-ink in the wild: ebooks.

Actually, a pretty cool use I've seen is a little capacity meter on USB thumb drives:
http://www.lexar.com/products/lexar-echo-mx-backup-drive?category=207

My wife (of all people) has one of these things, I thought it was pretty neat.

Hey, no need to badmouth the Kindle

[elrous0]

Hey, I like the Kindle. It's dirt cheap. The display doesn't give me a headache. And it's small, light, and simple.

Yeah, I'm disappointed that we haven't seen more of the promises delivered on too. But there is no need to run down the Kindle. It delivers on exactly what it promises and does it cheaply and well.