One of the things that got me thinking about this was I saw a TED talk about nanoeconomics in India they built a $2000 car. (im not able to access the video at the moment i’ll stick up a link later)
What I was initially thinking of was a do it yourself e-reader, kind of like the way you can buy the parts for a pc and put them together. I know it’s not that simple, but for the moment I’m going to ignore the current market, as mr ploppy says the reader market is based on sales of books, so I very much doubt that they will ever make something at a low cost.
If it were possible to get all the parts what would be needed?
Screen, Controller, Memory, Power,
Way for one reader to communicate to another: a couple of copper wires or aluminium foil and some crocodile clips.
All designed in such a way so that they can be easily connected, she certainly wouldn’t be the prettiest but if it works... I’m not really bothered about what actual products are available at the moment, i think that it would be possible to get them made if it works.
Has anyone experience building their own e-reader?
I think it should be possible to (eventually) make a simple reader more cheaply than a computer.
