Hack the Esquire magazine e-ink cover

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This cool hack shows you how to repurpose and take apart the cover of Esquire Magazine’s 75th Anniversary Cover which features real E-Ink. Their challenge was to find a way to extend the battery life of this display. Watch the video to see the ink changing and link below shows some pics of the stripped out circuit board. Now if we could only find some more copies of this issue to play with.

Dissecting Esquire’s e-Ink Cover via NotCOT

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