What happens to an e-ink screen when subjected to a strong EMP - Page 2

HarryT · 04-14-2010, 06:54 AM

It sounds as if a practical experiment is needed!

ziegl027 · 04-14-2010, 07:19 AM

Hmmm, I could take the sun-fading unit I'm sending back and put it in my 3T MRI

Only trick would be figuring out some kind of rig to keep it from flinging across the room and jamming into the far reaches of the donut. I think my bosses would be mad if they had to quench the magnet

WillAdams · 04-14-2010, 08:06 AM

This reflects off a question I'd had previously --- could one make a stylus which would directly manipulate an e-ink screen (say even if it were turned off) --- this would've been useful for hacking the Esquire e-ink cover ad (just re-program the electronics so that when it was turned on it blanked the screen), then one could have used it as an electronic slate.

jupstin · 04-14-2010, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by ziegl027

Hmmm, I could take the sun-fading unit I'm sending back and put it in my 3T MRI

Only trick would be figuring out some kind of rig to keep it from flinging across the room and jamming into the far reaches of the donut. I think my bosses would be mad if they had to quench the magnet

Forget about the bosses - this is for SCIENCE

ziegl027 · 04-14-2010, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jupstin

Forget about the bosses - this is for SCIENCE

It certainly wouldn't be as bad as a floor cleaner.

edited to add: There's also a great video of some people prying an office chair loose....

mrkarl · 04-14-2010, 08:35 PM

well, it's kind of hard to make a decent EMP, but I think that depending on how the pulse hit the reader it would probably go all black or all white, but then I'm not sure what happens to the ink when the unit is shut off, so maybe it would go all black and then white, but maybe not cause when you turn off the reader it sets it to white where it stays until the charges recieve a different set of charges....................well, that's my thinking for the day

Magnesus · 04-15-2010, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by mrkarl

I'm not sure what happens to the ink when the unit is shut off

Nothing. The screen that was displayed before shutting the power off is still displayed afterwards.

GeoffC · 04-15-2010, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by mr ploppy

Let's hope nobody ever finds out for sure.

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Originally Posted by HarryT

It sounds as if a practical experiment is needed!

would it really matter at the end, if there is no one left to view the result of the experiment ?

jupstin · 04-15-2010, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

would it really matter at the end, if there is no one left to view the result of the experiment ?

My thought is for the survivors who straggle out of their bunkers and organic farms in the country.

delphidb96 · 04-15-2010, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

It sounds as if a practical experiment is needed!

Absolutely! I volunteer *all* your e-ink readers as the test devices!

Ain't no one getting any of *mine*, that's for sure. Not *my* preciouses!

Derek

04-14-2010, 06:54 AM	#16
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,661 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	It sounds as if a practical experiment is needed! __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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ziegl027 Addict Posts: 262 Karma: 764 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Minnesota Device: Sony Touch, Kindle DXG	Hmmm, I could take the sun-fading unit I'm sending back and put it in my 3T MRI Only trick would be figuring out some kind of rig to keep it from flinging across the room and jamming into the far reaches of the donut. I think my bosses would be mad if they had to quench the magnet __________________ Laura, aka "Dr. Z", veterinary radiologist

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WillAdams Guru Posts: 755 Karma: 1144108 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Sony PRS-600, Fujitsu Stylistic ST-4121	This reflects off a question I'd had previously --- could one make a stylus which would directly manipulate an e-ink screen (say even if it were turned off) --- this would've been useful for hacking the Esquire e-ink cover ad (just re-program the electronics so that when it was turned on it blanked the screen), then one could have used it as an electronic slate.

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mrkarl Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 22 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: the great white north Device: aluratek libre pro	well, it's kind of hard to make a decent EMP, but I think that depending on how the pulse hit the reader it would probably go all black or all white, but then I'm not sure what happens to the ink when the unit is shut off, so maybe it would go all black and then white, but maybe not cause when you turn off the reader it sets it to white where it stays until the charges recieve a different set of charges....................well, that's my thinking for the day


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