FabricatINK: Personal Fabrication of Bespoke Displays Using Electronic Ink from Upcycled E Readers

Ollie Hanton; Zichao Shen; Mike Fraser; Anne Roudaut

doi:10.1145/3491102.3501844

FabricatINK: Personal Fabrication of Bespoke Displays Using Electronic Ink from Upcycled E Readers

Ollie Hanton, Zichao Shen, Mike Fraser, Anne Roudaut

University of Bristol

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Abstract

FabricatINK explores the personal fabrication of irregularly-shaped low-power displays using electronic ink (E ink). E ink is a programmable bicolour material used in traditional form-factors such as E readers. It has potential for more versatile use within the scope of personal fabrication of custom-shaped displays, and it has the promise to be the pre-eminent material choice for this purpose. We appraise technical literature to identify properties of E ink, suited to fabrication. We identify a key roadblock, universal access to E ink as a material, and we deliver a method to circumvent this by upcycling broken electronics. We subsequently present a novel fabrication method for irregularly-shaped E ink displays. We demonstrate our fabrication process and E ink's versatility through ten prototypes showing different applications and use cases. By addressing E ink as a material for display fabrication, we uncover the potential for users to create custom-shaped truly bistable displays.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	Simone Barbosa, Cliff Lampe, Caroline Appert, David A. Shamma, Steven Drucker, Julie Williamson, Koji Yatani
Place of Publication	U. S. A.
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450391573
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3501844
Publication status	Published - 29 Apr 2022
Event	2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2022 - Virtual, Online, USA United States Duration: 30 Apr 2022 → 5 May 2022

Publication series

Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2022
Country/Territory	USA United States
City	Virtual, Online
Period	30/04/22 → 5/05/22

Funding

This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M021882/1 and EP/P004342/1) and the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bristol. We would like to thank Matt Sutton, Greg Richards and Tom Barnes for their technical expertise and support.

Funders	Funder number
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	EP/P004342/1, EP/M021882/1
University of Bristol

Keywords

Display
E ink
E reader
Electrophoretic
Fabrication
Free-Form Display
Prototyping

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Software

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Hanton, O., Shen, Z., Fraser, M., & Roudaut, A. (2022). FabricatINK: Personal Fabrication of Bespoke Displays Using Electronic Ink from Upcycled E Readers. In S. Barbosa, C. Lampe, C. Appert, D. A. Shamma, S. Drucker, J. Williamson, & K. Yatani (Eds.), CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 173 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3501844

FabricatINK: Personal Fabrication of Bespoke Displays Using Electronic Ink from Upcycled E Readers. / Hanton, Ollie; Shen, Zichao; Fraser, Mike et al.
CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ed. / Simone Barbosa; Cliff Lampe; Caroline Appert; David A. Shamma; Steven Drucker; Julie Williamson; Koji Yatani. U. S. A.: Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. 173 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding

Hanton, O, Shen, Z, Fraser, M & Roudaut, A 2022, FabricatINK: Personal Fabrication of Bespoke Displays Using Electronic Ink from Upcycled E Readers. in S Barbosa, C Lampe, C Appert, DA Shamma, S Drucker, J Williamson & K Yatani (eds), CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 173, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, U. S. A., 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2022, Virtual, Online, USA United States, 30/04/22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3501844

Hanton O, Shen Z, Fraser M, Roudaut A. FabricatINK: Personal Fabrication of Bespoke Displays Using Electronic Ink from Upcycled E Readers. In Barbosa S, Lampe C, Appert C, Shamma DA, Drucker S, Williamson J, Yatani K, editors, CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. U. S. A.: Association for Computing Machinery. 2022. 173. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3491102.3501844

Hanton, Ollie ; Shen, Zichao ; Fraser, Mike et al. / FabricatINK : Personal Fabrication of Bespoke Displays Using Electronic Ink from Upcycled E Readers. CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. editor / Simone Barbosa ; Cliff Lampe ; Caroline Appert ; David A. Shamma ; Steven Drucker ; Julie Williamson ; Koji Yatani. U. S. A. : Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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