This is more to replace the digital signs that currently use LCD/LED displays. It’s more readable in the daytime because it doesn’t need a ridiculously bright backlight to compete against the sun. Compared to those signs this uses dramatically less electricity because it only uses electricity when the image changes (reading the article some of the options run off a small battery pack like you could use to recharge your phone a few times). Iirc you also don’t really have burn-in issues with e-ink. It looks like their color reproduction has gotten a lot better with the latest generation, so this could be a really good fit for a lot of outdoor digital signs.
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Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What’s wrong with just a paper poster?
jqubed@lemmy.world 2 months ago
jdeath@lemm.ee 2 months ago
requires paying humans wages and that is unacceptable! also it only costs ten million times more than a paper poster and it goes into CapEx not OpEx so the government gives it preferential tax treatment
DrCake@lemmy.world 2 months ago
For the company, saves having to send someone out to replace it, instead just update it over 3G or whatever
otacon239@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In the article it also points out that this means you don’t have to waste paper, which is a plus, assuming they last.
jdeath@lemm.ee 2 months ago
i reckon they can handle getting rained on at least three times! and they love the summer sun