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My Gadget Idea: "Timestamper Disc"

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Renegade:
No, gents, this ideally should be an always-on display, like a piece of paper with scribblings would be.
So it needs to be e-ink based.
-apankrat (August 20, 2013, 02:38 AM)
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E-ink would be a lot better. Here are a few BCDs I saw that are smaller:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/1226858780/custom_e_ink_display_module.html
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/839888563/mini_e_ink_display_panel_128x64.html
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/844426099/bcd_e_paper_display_module_192x96.html

Seems to be a bit more expensive. Voltages all look good. Operating temperature ranges are a bit more restricted, but still pretty darn good.

There seems to be a lot less in that market, though some manufacturers seem flexible in configurations/customization.

But at $9 for a module... yikes... that's a LOT of cash for the display when thinking about 5 and 10 packs of the product. No idea what it'd be though - the price ranges are too broad. $3.50 could be doable. Dunno.

MilesAhead:
Hmm, instead of having an electric gadget for each location, how 'bout just a gadget that did a time stamp and printed out a circular sticky?  Just stick it on the water filter... whatever.. after removing the old sticky??

Maybe the time stamp micro printer is small enough to be on a keychain? I don't know if that's feasible.  But surely somethng could be made pocket sized.

mouser:
i suppose the really low tech solution would be.. plain white round stickers you could write on.

when you think about it.. kind of obvious solution that would work pretty well isn't it..

sigh, sometimes you have to step back and ask yourself, are we just inventing gadgets for the sake of creating high-tech inferior solutions that are different just because we want something new and fancy, when the low-tech solution is clearly better?

apankrat:
@mouser - you were trolling all along then, weren't you? :)

MilesAhead:
i suppose the really low tech solution would be.. plain white round stickers you could write on.

when you think about it.. kind of obvious solution that would work pretty well isn't it..

sigh, sometimes you have to step back and ask yourself, are we just inventing gadgets for the sake of creating high-tech inferior solutions that are different just because we want something new and fancy, when the low-tech solution is clearly better?
-mouser (August 20, 2013, 01:51 PM)
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I don't see any problem with having the sticky generator.  For one thing, my handwriting is bad enough I may not be able to read what I wrote on the sticky the next day.  Just hit a button. Out pops a decal with time stamp printed.

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