Why Zerowriter Ink? Why Open Source?

$199 on Crowd Supply: www.crowdsupply.com/zerowriter/zerowriter-ink You can get this e-paper typewriter with mechanical keyboard and built-in battery on Crowd Supply. Why Zerowriter Ink, and why should you care about open source projects? Because open is good. When you buy something from ANY company, you shouldn't have to worry about it becoming a brick. By keeping things open, your device will continue to be supported, no matter what happens to me (but hopefully nothing happens to me!) Even if you don't code and will never tinker with your device, there's tons of power in knowing that others are out there and capable of keeping electronics going. There's privacy and security in open code. Because the community itself will know exactly what the code is doing, why, and when. There's nothing sneaky going on behind the scenes -- your data, your text, your stories -- they are all safer with an open source device. This should be our normal. In this video, I demonstrate one single feature I came up with and implemented while on vacation. It's a bit hacky for now, as I haven't developed it out very much, but this video is to showcase how developers will be able to customize the Zerowriter Ink to do things I haven't thought about or considered. Wouldn't life be better with more open technology?

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