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Check out "The Invisible Screen" recently profiled here ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38773669 ). I've seen quite a few people playing with e-ink, the problem is these things are still way too expensive...
Thanks will take a look! At the risk of sounding ignorant, I can’t understand why such seemingly simple peripherals are so expensive
Seeing this way too late, apologies. Apparently the company which invented and patented the technology is trying to get as much revenue from it as possible. I think this is starting to change as people finding alternative approaches or at least something meaningfully different so as to not be covered by the patent, but it has not translated into more competition as of yet.