That's an awesome video!! :)

Is it a strictly monochrome screen, or does it do levels of grey? The platform provides some sub-pixel font rendering, but I'm wondering if the algorithm could be modified slightly to produce better results on screens like this.

Also, you could easily replace the Launcher homescreen with any other Android app, such as a book reader front-end, which might launch over to other installed apps.

Are these screens touch-able, or would it only be using a dpad for navigation?

Hardware hacks are always cool stuff. :)

It is definitely a good effort. It seems to me though that there isn't so much sense to use front-end technologies, or frameworks, which are born to build animated GUI (Flash, iPhone SDK and Android too). HTML could be more than enough, maybe Mozilla Prism?

This is an important project. The eink display has tremendous potential for learning applications in a rural context. I manage an Android development team at the University of Central Florida working on an LMS that would be ideal for this kind of hardware, and we would be happy to collaborate with your team.

absolutely brilliant - i love the idea of the low power stuff in general. great hacks.

Howdee- I am excited to see more eInk stuff going on. Finally. In 2000 I started NueBook to explore eBook concepts.

recently it occurred to me that what the eBook reader market needs is someone to come up with this hardware solution. Essentially ... take the flexible eInk screen for left side, rigid eInk screen for right side as if you are looking at a book. BUT... when you close these two 'screens' together, you can open the rigid clasp, and ... reveal your color screen and qwerty keyboard of a netbook. So, the perfect device will have low power eInk screen, one side flexible like when you are reading reading a book.. (not a typo typo) because have you ever noticed how your eyes get tired on a flat screen.. too perfect Neo! the curve actually makes for nuances for the eye to adjust to as it reads.. try it next time you have a book in hand... make it real flat before you read.. then try a page or three flexed a bit.

just sayin.

Justin Mead in Colorado. the idea guy.