Comment by blensor
you still would need a backlight but it's an interesting idea
you still would need a backlight but it's an interesting idea
If you look closely at a backlit kindle screen, you can see that the e-ink pixels are a decent distance behind the surface. It’s more noticeable if there are scratches or dust on the screen and you rotate the display. The surface reflects the light from the sides back to the e-ink.
Would be cool to wear a "light panel" on your sleeve.
Outdoors you see the e-ink fine. Indoors you look down at your illuminated sleeve to see the e-ink in your glasses.
You can't backlight an eink display. They are opaque, by design. Thats why they make such great ebook displays, so you can take them outside and still read them. Eink displays require .. i guess 'forelight'. Light that reflects off the display front.