Neolux demonstrates epaper con badges

Nate the great · 09-22-2009, 11:11 AM

There's a really cool clip on Youtube:

Kosst Amojan · 09-22-2009, 03:05 PM

Probably the most expensive badge ever.

How about making something...i don't know, useful?

NatCh · 09-22-2009, 03:57 PM

I could see some big usefulness in that, actually.

You could display a fair amount of information, including bar-codes for scanning into various systems, and obviously, they'd be ... involved to counterfeit.

pilotbob · 09-22-2009, 04:48 PM

I just attended the customer conference that my employer puts on. The staff wore these LED name badges like these:

http://www.budgetlighting.com/store/...-name-tag.html

BOb

Kosst Amojan · 09-22-2009, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pilotbob

I just attended the customer conference that my employer puts on. The staff wore these LED name badges like these:

http://www.budgetlighting.com/store/...-name-tag.html

BOb

Yeah, but how much do those cost, a few dollars???

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

I could see some big usefulness in that, actually.

You could display a fair amount of information, including bar-codes for scanning into various systems, and obviously, they'd be ... involved to counterfeit.

So are RFID tags, and they're a hundred times cheaper.

Look, I'm not saying small eink screens wouldn't have their uses...just not as badges and not even for the near future.

DaleDe · 09-23-2009, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kosst Amojan

Look, I'm not saying small eink screens wouldn't have their uses...just not as badges and not even for the near future.

It doesn't have to be e-Ink to be epaper. Look at Paper Display.

Dale

brecklundin · 09-24-2009, 02:35 AM

This was one of the MAJOR uses touted for eink type displays when they were announced and as they have evolved...even to the point of billboard (road side advertising signs for those outside the US who might know know what a billboard is...hey some folks might not!!

) side.

The idea is for things such as store shelf price tags which are connected via networks and the prices or info can be changed instantly and on the fly...all with far less overhead than a simple printed tag. I have a suspicion one reason we have not found them in wide use yet is the lack of that pure white background...in a store/retail environment that will be a major roadblock as you must account for all customers, especially older ones who need more contrast.

For me this is why I have not understood the foot dragging on licensing production of eink style displays in order to boost production. Such uses should be everywhere in less than 5-yrs, I mean they have already had a solid 3-5yrs now...computing devices (and yes I lump ereading devices in there too) are for now, a very, very small portion of the potential market...

Love that these badges are showing up...

Hellmark · 09-24-2009, 10:19 AM

You guys also forget that some conventions, namely tech ones, LOVE gimmicky badges like this. Several hacking conventions I know of have contests where they have a badge with technology in it, and who ever reverse engineers and changes what the badge does the best wins.

Juliette · 09-27-2009, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kosst Amojan

Probably the most expensive badge ever.

How about making something...i don't know, useful?

Still better than the eink watch, with all the shocks and bumps a clock gets

The example I found.

Juliette · 09-27-2009, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brecklundin

The idea is for things such as store shelf price tags which are connected via networks and the prices or info can be changed instantly and on the fly...all with far less overhead than a simple printed tag. I have a suspicion one reason we have not found them in wide use yet is the lack of that pure white background...in a store/retail environment that will be a major roadblock as you must account for all customers, especially older ones who need more contrast.

Monoprix in France uses LCD displays- a little step forward from the plain paper tag, but they need, of course, to be powered by some battery!

eBookLuke · 10-01-2009, 12:55 AM

The e-ink technology is basically inexpensive. The high cost of the readers' displays is due to the active matrix substrate and mainly to the low diffusion of these devices.

A label or badge based on e-ink is no more expensive than an equivalent lcd display.

09-22-2009, 11:11 AM	#1
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	Neolux demonstrates epaper con badges There's a really cool clip on Youtube:

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Ended Sony PRS-505 Used for sale in Canada - price cut - 200US$ shipped in CON NA	alxwang	Flea Market	9	03-15-2010 02:12 PM
NeoLux Debuts New Solar-Powered E-Ink Display	Timoleon	News	8	07-14-2009 07:25 AM
Neolux Launches Nuut2 ebook reader	searcher	News	25	02-27-2009 11:45 AM
Matsushita demonstrates next Sigma e-book reader	Colin Dunstan	News	0	07-11-2005 06:30 PM

09-22-2009, 03:05 PM	#2
Kosst Amojan Addict Posts: 207 Karma: 19597 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northern Virginia Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	Probably the most expensive badge ever. How about making something...i don't know, useful?

09-22-2009, 03:57 PM	#3
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I could see some big usefulness in that, actually. You could display a fair amount of information, including bar-codes for scanning into various systems, and obviously, they'd be ... involved to counterfeit.

09-22-2009, 04:48 PM	#4
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	I just attended the customer conference that my employer puts on. The staff wore these LED name badges like these: http://www.budgetlighting.com/store/...-name-tag.html BOb

09-24-2009, 02:35 AM	#7
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	This was one of the MAJOR uses touted for eink type displays when they were announced and as they have evolved...even to the point of billboard (road side advertising signs for those outside the US who might know know what a billboard is...hey some folks might not!! ) side. The idea is for things such as store shelf price tags which are connected via networks and the prices or info can be changed instantly and on the fly...all with far less overhead than a simple printed tag. I have a suspicion one reason we have not found them in wide use yet is the lack of that pure white background...in a store/retail environment that will be a major roadblock as you must account for all customers, especially older ones who need more contrast. For me this is why I have not understood the foot dragging on licensing production of eink style displays in order to boost production. Such uses should be everywhere in less than 5-yrs, I mean they have already had a solid 3-5yrs now...computing devices (and yes I lump ereading devices in there too) are for now, a very, very small portion of the potential market... Love that these badges are showing up...

09-24-2009, 10:19 AM	#8
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	You guys also forget that some conventions, namely tech ones, LOVE gimmicky badges like this. Several hacking conventions I know of have contests where they have a badge with technology in it, and who ever reverse engineers and changes what the badge does the best wins.

10-01-2009, 12:55 AM	#11
eBookLuke Writer2ePub creator Posts: 354 Karma: 121129 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Genova, Italy Device: Cybook Bebook iLiad Kindle HanlinV2 Readius SonyPRS500 SonyPRS700 etc	The e-ink technology is basically inexpensive. The high cost of the readers' displays is due to the active matrix substrate and mainly to the low diffusion of these devices. A label or badge based on e-ink is no more expensive than an equivalent lcd display.