Backfill · 2023
#357 of 420E-Ink Alarm Clock
Personal photo: A small rectangular e-ink clock on a wooden nightstand showing the time in simple black digits on a pale gray screen, with no visible illumination.
E-ink alarm clocks have the right idea. A screen that shows the time without glowing, without notifications, without any reason to pick it up and start scrolling. The display looks like printed numbers on a gray background, almost like a label maker stuck to a little box. In a dark room you can't even see it unless you lean in close. I want my bedroom to feel like a room for sleeping, not a room with 4 screens competing for attention. This clock does exactly one thing: it tells the time and wakes you up. No weather widget, no Bluetooth speaker, no ambient sound machine. Its battery lasts months because e-ink only uses power when the display changes.