More details about Esquire's e-paper cover

Mark your calendar tech enthusiasts, because Esquire is turning 75-years-old and celebrating by launching the first magazine ever with an electronic-ink display. All three of you who already own a Kindle, may not be as excited, but the rest of the population (well, at least 100,000 of them) will have a chance to experience an animated cover we hope will usher a new era in magazine publishing.

Boing Boing Gadgets sat down with Esquire's deputy editor Peter Griffin who shed some more details about the flashy e-mag. He says we can expect an animated cover where the order of the words will change, images will turn on and off, and pictures will be in four shades of grey colored by a transparent sheet that will fixed over the top.

You might think the cover would be thick and stiff, but it won't be. As a matter of fact, Giffin says it will flexible enough and compares it to really heavy magazine stock, not cardboard.

As far as battery replacement goes, the deputy editor says the cover uses standard batteries that can purchased anywhere, which is good thing since the soldered battery included is only expected to last 90-days.

But what happens when you get tired of the same images and words flashing over and over before your eyes? Well, if you're a curious hacker you're encouraged to hack it, although figuring out how to reprogram the controller won't be an easy task.

Either way, Giffin says they look forward to seeing what people will do with it, and so do I. You can read the entire BBG interview here for more juicy details.

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