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This open-source E-Ink smartwatch project trades features for extreme battery life

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This open-source E-Ink smartwatch project trades features for extreme battery life
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An open-source project called LightInk could put an ultra-efficient E-Ink display on your wrist.
The watch reportedly uses just ~0.5mAh per day, translating to roughly 40 days of battery life in typical use.
It is also solar powered, and aggressively optimized for “infinite” runtime under the right conditions.


E-Ink already makes a lot of sense for reading, and now someone’s making a strong case for wearing it, too. A new open-source project called LightInk is gaining attention for tur

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