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Welcome @tristan-daylight! Tristan is the head of marketing at Daylight Computer. Along with Drew, they'll be answering questions from /books readers over the next hour or so. Daylight is building a new device, designed for deep work Reply with your questions (please make sure to tag him)
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isaac
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hello @tristan-daylight ! thanks for doing this! how did you approach the industrial design aspect of the product? what hardware did your team draw inspiration from?
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Tristan
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Thanks for asking a question! The biggest inspiration for our product was most certainly the Kindle and the Remarkable tablet. Our founder Anjan always loved his Kindle and how the e-ink screen didn't disrupt his thoughts or attention like a normal screen. The problem was that it was just too slow for anything outside of reading and note taking (same goes for the remarkable). A deep dive into screen tech soon followed and a few years later the first 60fps e-paper screen tech was prototyped and then this year fully released on the DC-1. A "kindle on steroids" is an easy way to describe what we've down on a hardware/display tech level, and pays homage to the inspiration behind it. Other aspects were a larger bezel size for ergonomic reasons, going with the tablet form factor for more versatility and targeting this pre-existing market of knowledge workers/readers/etc. we didn't realize is how impactful the tablet could be for parents/kids...who are in desperate need for a "healthier and less addicting iPad
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i like the "kindle on steroids" description! easy to understand.
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