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Originally Posted by sic
wasn't eInk supposed to be so cheap that they were planning on using it on paper boxes to display bar codes or to show cartoons for kids?
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Wow, we've really wandered off into
Diamond Age land. (Fondly remembering the engineer who won an award for putting little animated ads on the disposable chopsticks in a line of pre-packaged meals.
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I recall that one of the vendors -- not PVI -- had come up with a method of producing e ink screens that involved two rolls of plastic, one of which got pressed or cut to make little buckets, which seemed less expensive than the current methods being used, but I can't remember (or find on search) the name of the company or product. So eventually e ink prices could come way down, but not yet.