Dissecting Esquire’s E-Ink Cover- 09.21.08
I’m sure by now you’ve heard about Esquire’s 75th Anniversary Cover ~ limited edition of 100,000 ~ with real E-Ink embedded in the cover. Over at Esquire, they’ve even opened up the discussion about whether you can hack it… and even show you where it all came from… So as a random Sunday amusement, couldn’t help picking it up from the newsstand, and as much as i resisted, i lasted a few minutes before i HAD to rip it apart and poke at the digital guts. So on the next page you can see video of it before and after, pictures of how it works, and scans as well!
Hello, I like your post and pictures. In case you wanted some source code to hack on the screen, I wrote up a little article last night about hacking into the screen with an Arduino. Hope it works for you :)
http://antipastohw.blogspot.com/2008/10/hacking-esquire-cover-e-ink-screen-with.html
----- Matt 05.10.08 07:56