Bledology E Ink badge is an interactive contact exchange platform aimed for conference attendees. The badges use 4" E Ink displays produced by Plastic Logic.
The E Ink badges are now available and cost $60 each (these are reusable of course across many conferences).
The Oaxis InkCase IVY is a smart iPhone 7 case that offers a 2.13" E Ink display that can display the time, notifications, to-do lists and calendar reminders. It can also be customized to show an image so to enhance the style of your iPhone case. The IVY can last up to two months between charges, and protects your phone using BubblePro drop protection tech.
The IVY used to cost $49 for the black and white version and $52 for the wood finish model at launch.
MaterCall is an innovating parking solution that uses NFC/QR and a small numeric e-Paper (E Ink) display to show driver phone numbers. The idea is that people can leave their phone number to the car owner via a simple application.
The MaterCall is launching for the Korean market, mostly targeting rental cars. It is available in 'card-type' or 'case type' which is a bit larger but more affordable.
Bluemint Labs Bixi adds gesture control to gadgets such as smartphones and the 2nd-Gen Bixi 2.0 device, unveiled in early 2017, adds an E Ink display to the original design - to show notifications or information such as the time or weather.
The Bixi 1.0 costs $99. The 2nd Gen Bixi 2.0 will ship towards the end of 2017.
QuirkLogic's Quilla is a 42" smart whiteboard (the picture below shows three such whiteboards sude by side) that are based on touch-enabled E Ink displays. The system stores everything that you draw on the whiteboards. The displays are powered on batteries that can last for 16 hours on each charge.
QuirkLogic did not yet reveal the price or release plans of these smart whiteboards.
Pixer is a cordless and wireless digital photo frame that uses a monochrome 6" 300 DPI E Ink Carta display. The image can be controlled via a mobile application that lets your friends share photos to your frame. The e-paper's low power consumption means that it can be used without a power cord.
Pixer was developed in a joint project by Gigazone, Gigabyte and E Ink Holdings.
Invoxia's Triby is an Alexa-enabled Wi-Fi and Bluetooth portable speaker. It includes a built-in microphone to turn it into a hands-free speakerphone. The display is a 2.9" active-matrix E Ink display. The companion iOS and Android application can be used to send images to the display.
The Triby is now shipping for around $100 in the US. We posted a review of the Triby on December 2016.
Terrada Music Score's Gvido is an E Ink sheet music device, that lets you see sheet music pages (PDFs) on two 13.3" flexible (Mobius) E Ink displays. The device also includes input via a stylus (Wacom). The device features Wi-Fi, bluetooth, 8GB of internal memory and micro SD slot. The whole device weighs only 650 grams.
The Gvido was introduced in June 2016 and is scheduled for release by the end of 2017.
PopSlate's 2nd-gen iPhone case offers a 4.7" 800x450 E Ink display for the back of your phone. The case adds 4mm to your phone, and connects to the phone via a Lightning connector that also charges your phone from the PopSlate's battery. The PopSlate 2 supports iPhone 6, 6S, 6 plus and 6S Plus.
PopSlate launched a crowdfunding campaign to finalize development and production, and they already surpassed their $75,000 target.
Sony Huis is an E Ink universal remote control that started its way as a crowd-funded project. It uses an E Ink display and can be customized to control all devices using a desktop companion application. The remote lasts for a month between charges.
The Huis swill ship in march 2016 for ¥27,950 (about $245).
