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Originally Posted by Quoth
Not sure why these "Dory" labels are news here. It's not a new thing and not an ereader  |
I thought this is a pretty interesting product. (And E-Ink themself thought this news worthy aswell.) If you don't like it, that is fine.
It is not meant to read books, sure, yet you can call this an "e-reader". It does use an electronic screen to display text, that is read by people...
Digital supermaket labels are not quite the same, are they?
They are not a product meant for home use. (I would not even know where to by such a system.) And most people would probably not want to wire up their door to a terminal and write custom code for a door sign.
A better comparison would be the
M5Paper Development Kit. That could be used for a door sign aswell, I guess, but would require some DIY.
So yeah, I think the Dory Sign is a "new" thing. It is a plug-and-play solution to a digital door sign.