Segler Ink

Faster Electrical Ink

Prototype, 2026Color preview

A look ahead

An e-ink tablet with a high refresh rate screen

Faster Electrical InkFaster Electrical Ink, in color

We are building an e-ink device that gives up nothing to LCD and OLED screens, and beats them with everything e-ink does better.

After the monochrome prototype, we want to bring the same speed to a color e-ink tablet: soft, paper-like color that you read in daylight instead of staring into.

Why a fast e-ink tablet

  1. Fast enough to be a tablet.

    The goal: scrolling, typing, drawing and video that keep up with the hand. A full tablet, not an ereader you put up with.

  2. Easy on the eyes.

    The image is made of physical ink, not glowing pixels, and the matte surface keeps glare low. A built-in light is there when the room is dark.

  3. Clearer in sunlight.

    The screen reflects ambient light the way paper does. Outdoors it gets easier to read instead of washing out.

  4. Power only when the page changes.

    E-ink holds an image without power. A still page costs almost nothing to keep on screen; only changes draw power.

  5. Open foundation.

    Built on the Modos Labs Glider, an open e-ink platform, rather than a closed system.

Targets

Refresh rate
60 Hz+
Input latency
< 30 ms
Panel
Monochrome
Battery
Days

Design targets for the prototype, not measured results.

Where we want to go with color

  1. Color you read, not color that glows.

    The same reflective ink, with a color filter layer on top. Photos, diagrams and highlights in color, without a backlight shining into your eyes.

  2. Just as fast.

    The 60 Hz+ goal stays. Color filter panels drive ordinary black and white ink underneath, so the fast update modes we are building for the prototype should carry over.

  3. Calm color, by design.

    E-ink color is soft and muted rather than neon. We want to design the interface and the dithering around that, the way this page is painted in shades and hues of blue.

  4. Sunlight and battery stay.

    Still readable outdoors, still drawing power only when the page changes. Color should not cost what made e-ink worth it in the first place.

  5. Open, in color too.

    Color support built on the open Modos Labs Glider stack, with drivers and color processing published rather than locked away.

Roadmap

Monochrome prototype
Now
Color panel tests
Next
Refresh goal, in color
60 Hz+
Battery
Days

Future plans, not commitments. The monochrome prototype comes first.