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tracyspcy@lemmy.ml to ePaper + eInk@piefed.socialEnglish · 27 days ago

Beautiful e-ink display spotted at a train station in a small town in Germany

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Beautiful e-ink display spotted at a train station in a small town in Germany

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tracyspcy@lemmy.ml to ePaper + eInk@piefed.socialEnglish · 27 days ago
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Attached: 1 video Beautiful e-ink display spotted at a train station in a small town in Germany #eink #deutschebahn #brandenburg
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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 hours ago

    the fact that e-ink isn’t standard for outdoor displays yet pains me so much, instead we’re not only drawing a bunch of electricity to power LCD displays but then ontop of that we have to power fans to cool them down! It’s insane!!

    If we could at least use OLED panels it wouldn’t be too horrifying, but jesus christ LCD feels like using incandescent bulbs

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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    27 days ago

    So big. I’ve been a fan of this technology since Sony’s first one about twenty years ago, only recently was able to get one big enough for my liking.

    • jimerson@lemmy.world
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      26 days ago

      Kobo?

      • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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        26 days ago

        Yeah the 10" black and white one. I made a custom case for it, pics in my post history if you wanna see.

        • IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.social
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          26 days ago

          I’d like to see it but I can’t find the post that you’re referencing.

          • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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            26 days ago

            Sorry it’s a few posts older than I’d realised, had to go digging. Here it is!

            https://feddit.uk/post/41070161

            • IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.social
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              26 days ago

              Oh, I did end up scrolling past it because I was imagining a typical phone case type case.
              That’s awesome and well made! Thanks for sharing.

              • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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                26 days ago

                Thanks! I’m still a little self-conscious about using it in public since I don’t really have the dress sense to go with it, so I probably end up looking a bit like I stole it. But I am happy with the workmanship. Have since started filling the insides with iron-on patches. Wish I could figure out how to attach a stand-up arm to the insides, that would be sweet.

        • jimerson@lemmy.world
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          26 days ago

          Very nice. Also, keep up the great work with your art! You’ve developed quite a talent.

          • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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            25 days ago

            Thank you! I haven’t drawn in a while, I need to get back into it. Doing the 2025 Inktober pushed me to the next level, I would love to develop more. My job’s kind of boring so I’m always doing creative stuff just to stay sane.

  • Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    27 days ago

    The retail store I worked at in 2020 had an e-ink sign that was included as part of a display, and when the display had to come down they told us to throw the whole thing away. Management wouldn’t let me take it home and stuck it in the compactor, I was so fucking pissed.

    Jokes on them though, the batteries didn’t like being crushed and started a fire.

  • tracyspcy@lemmy.mlOP
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    27 days ago

    Btw Blönsdorf, Brandenburg

  • ndupont@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    26 days ago

    We need that on EV charging stations too, you just cannot read anything under direct sunlight

    • tracyspcy@lemmy.mlOP
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      26 days ago

      Right, saw a ev station in my district recently and it used some tft colored display and with sun light we have they use backlight very hard and it is still barely readable. My thought was why they don’t use simple lcd display, that would be much more readable

  • flyingSock@feddit.org
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    27 days ago

    I have also seen these at small stations in niedersachsen. Very neat.

  • criticon@lemmy.ca
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    27 days ago

    I say a few at JR Osaka station last week, they look neat

    https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20191127-osakastation/

  • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    26 days ago

    They’re all over small train and bus stations in some regions.

  • Starya67@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    I hate them. I can’t read them.

  • tracyspcy@lemmy.mlOP
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    26 days ago

    I think it may be a manufacturer: https://www.dresden-elektronik.de/verkehr/e-paper-display.html

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