I was going blind, and I was in a wheelchair. I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life living with my parents.
My health used to limit me, but now it's sort of an advantage.
These days, the manufacturing is controlled by a small number of countries, primarily Taiwan and South Korea.
One of the technology lessons was to work inside the cost envelope of the developing world to lower costs overall. What's even more important and useful is dramatically lowering power consumption. Everyone wants batteries that can last 10 times longer.
You can get really great reflective screens that rival e-paper at really amazing price points and with fantastic ultra-low-power capabilities.
Screens can work wirelessly and run on the amount of power supplied from a small solar panel and room light.
