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Liquidware announce open source EDK (e-reader development kit)

September 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news, press release

Do you recall the DIY e-reader kit I showed you a few days ago? Well, the developers have put out a press release announcing this device as an $ 421 open source EDK. You might want to read my previous post; it has a video, and links to the product page & the developer’s blog [...]

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Pixel Qi now working on a 7″ DIY kit

September 17th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Mary Lou Jepson jut announced the new screen on the Pixel Qi blog: New Screen Development: 7? We are developing a 7” screen for tablets and ereaders that is planned for mass production in H1 2011. Samples will be available earlier, perhaps by late Q4 2010. Contact us to be an early access partner: send [...]

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Pixel Qi DIY kit now available

July 1st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Pixel Qi are now offering their dual mode screen as a DIY kit. The only size available is 10.1″ (I’m waiting to hear back from Pixel Qi about other screen sizes), and it’s going for $275. Ouch. The neat thing about this Pixel Qi screen is that it has a standard LCD mode and a [...]

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Pixel Qi wins IEEE award, DIY kit coming soon

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Mary Lou Jepsen just posted several updates over on the Pixel Qi blog. The first tidbit is that Pixel Qi was just given the 2010 IEEE ACE Award for “Emerging Technology offering the greatest potential for financial success” at the Embedded System Conference. The other piece of news is that Pixel Qi screens are in [...]

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