blog.makezine.com - 9/23/2008
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This cool hack shows you how to repurpose and take apart the cover of Esquire Magazine's 75th Anniversary Cover which features real E-Ink. Their challenge was to find a way to extend the battery life of this display. Watch the video to see the ink changing and link below shows some ...
technabob.com - 9/24/2008
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technabob.com —
While the October 2008 issue of Esquire magazine
got lots of buzz in the marketplace with its...
E-Ink cover, I have to say I was pretty underwhelmed by the less than exciting visual produced by the blinking display. That said, the real magic of the ...
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esquire e-ink display proves nearly indestructible
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Esquire magazine e-ink cover splayed on video
CrunchGear —
... cover. If you haven’t managed to track down one of these increasingly tough to find rags (of if you have, but the “MINT IN BOX BRAND NEW L@@K” side of your personality wont let you tear it apart), you can now relive the entire experience vicariously through this video dissection.
With Esquire magazine’s staff condoning hacks of the cover, how long can it be before the tinkerers have got Doom up and running?
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blog.makezine.com 9/8/2008 —
I picked up the Esquire E-ink'ed cover today and took a bunch of high res photos, you can find them here ... a couple of the the low res ones are above.
For the makers out there:
It has a programming header, 5-pin ISP. It has a Microchip ...
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Esquire October 2008 E-Ink Issue!
ryaninc.blogspot.com 9/8/2008 — Yep, I got one! In hand, fresh from the newsstand. For the October issue of Esquire, they decided to release 100,000 issues with the world's first E-Ink magazine cover. The E-Ink display is the same technology used in the Amazon Kindle and Sony ...
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Esquire's E Ink-infused magazine cover shown on video
engadget.com 9/8/2008 —
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! (Sorry, but where else were we gonna use that line?) For those unaware, Esquire's October issue is on newsstands now, and for 100,000 99,999 lucky souls out there, they'll receive one with a flashing E Ink display ...
VIDEO: Esquire's E-Ink Cover
esquire.com 9/8/2008 — Can't find Esquire's 75th Anniversary issue on newsstands? Here's a video of what our E-Ink cover looks like.
Dissecting Esquire's E-Ink Cover
notcot.com 9/23/2008 — 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 ...
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