It has been done alredy, see http://www.magink.com/ sure it is not cheap, but much cheaper than led displays. My company used to import these, and i can say that they do have brigth colours during the day, but must be artificialy ligthed during the nigth. I agree with you however, that they may never reach our desktop.
As a bonus, they consume much less energy than traditional outdor led displays.
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I got one half covered
Submarine Aircraft Carrier
Now we only need a flying submarine.
It has been done alredy, see http://www.magink.com/ sure it is not cheap, but much cheaper than led displays. My company used to import these, and i can say that they do have brigth colours during the day, but must be artificialy ligthed during the nigth. I agree with you however, that they may never reach our desktop. As a bonus, they consume much less energy than traditional outdor led displays.