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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
Also used quite a lot for shelf labeling (item description, weight, price, per unit cost, special, etc.) in supermarkets.
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Haven't seen any of those here.
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Originally Posted by SleepyBob
How big was that?
I see epaper a lot in clothing stores like Kohls, advertising prices of items, but those are small devices, at most 5", maybe smaller.
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Much bigger. 50cm or more.
Not shilling for them, but more info and photos at the maker:
https://www.visionect.com/urban/
And a news report here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBdXFYivSNI where you can see the screen updating.
Aside from the visual aspect, the low power allows them to be run by solar power, and they're networked wirelessly, so they can just replace existing signs without digging up the street for new wiring.
Large e-ink tablets might become more affordable with more diverse uses for the technology. Though currently the signs cost A$10,000 each, that must go down.