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Originally Posted by leebase
If the sunny, poor places of the world couldn’t be reached with today’s b&w eink, they aren’t going to be reached with CLEARInk. In other words....there are a LOT of hurdles that have nothing to do with the screen technology....and aren’t going to be solved by screen technology
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The cost per display of E-Ink is dramatically higher than that of LCD-related displays.
And current E-Ink technology is suboptimal for interaction (even though it's doable and I probably contributed a lot around this parts on that topic).
And China, very active in new computerized solutions for education, for example, is currently not exactly a «poor places of the world», with a PPP GDP around 17..18k per head. They are convinced they do not want further economical burden with a visually impaired population.
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Originally Posted by leebase
B&W is plenty good enough for education of an uneducated populace....
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Colour conveys information which is important in data visualization, where B/W is crippling: stats, graphs, maps...
And it is not about «uneducated populace», why should that be: it is still equally about a 12yrs old learning History or Chemistry in Shanghai or Milan or a 21yrs old learning International Law or Algorithms in Bogota or Nairobi. Or any 33 or 121yrs old fellow doing his very normal continuous learning in mobility in LA or Dakar.
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Originally Posted by leebase
if only that were the obstacle that needed solved
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It's a step.