You really think the first, ever, widely used public key databases are useless? You don't believe cryptography has any usecase? Or you misunderstand why a blockchain is novel? Two possibilities.
You can buy new ones on eBay for about that. I have been buying them for years and have a stash. Battery and waterproofing practically the same as when they released.
The garmin instinct 2 solar has the same screen tech as the pebble and NEVER needs to be charged. It really is game changing and I am finally ready to upgrade. In fact by you want to buy my in box pebble 2 se I have 3 for 100 usd each!
The garmin Phoenix has the same color display as the color pebbles. The instinct however is solar and never needs to be charged, while simultaneously having more features than the pebble.
I still wear a pebble 2 daily, but am going to upgrade when price drops on the garmin
apple device with back light toggle would be fantastic. the pulse width modulation used on their current screens makes my vision slightly blurry even after only a few minutes of use.
i didn't realize there was a chance they might own some passively lit screen technology already. you've gotten my hopes up.
The new instinct 2 solar is the first smartwatch that lasts indefinitely without plugging in. If you are outside enough it will go forever. And it has so many impressive features. We have really entered a new era, thanks largely to this screen tech.
i use two daily and they are wonderful. definitely not as fast as an l c d but you can watch video and read and scroll and write very well in my opinion. well worth the trade off for the view ability and eases on the eyes
I comfortably watch videos, browse the web, and do work every single day on my eink external monitor, my eink cell phone, and eink tablet. it is absolutely magical how fast the refresh rate is on modern eink android devices. you wouldn't want to watch your favorite nature documentary, but it is very useful for getting pertinent information from a video., watching lectures or stand up comedy works perfectly fine, and eink is vastly superior in my opinion for browsing the web if you primarily read when you are on your computer.
the technology for using this in low light is called a lamp!
in all seriousness, eink devices use something called front lights, which are embedded in the side of the tablet or device and project light from the edge of the screen. it works very well, even allowing red or amber light coloration which is great on the eyes. i have read that front lighting adds a little bit of thickness to a device, though my devices with the technology seem just as then as any of my regular lcd devices.
i don't know why the responses to your comments are acting like yours is off topic. this article is clearly showing the possibility of sovereigns running their own social media networks to the benefit of their citizens and i'd agree this is very exciting and while it may turn out to have some free speech drawbacks down the road it sure does seem like a great way to disentangle discussion and communities from private profits as the primary motive.
Ironically, you seem to have missed the point of their comment, which is only slightly tangential to the article and extremely interesting in the social media discussion at large. And then you tailored an entire paragraph to show off your narrow mindedness and lack of critical thinking ability. Stop trying so hard.