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Cringeworthy statement from the manufacturer:

(I) THE PRODUCTS ARE NOT CONSUMER PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES; AND (II) PURCHASER IS PURCHASING THE PRODUCTS FOR COMMERCIAL USE AND/OR IN A BUSINESS CAPACITY. ORDERS PLACED BY CONSUMERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

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It is not quite uncommon to make evaluation kits only available to commercial customers as they come in a very bare form, lacking any safety notes and so on.

But in the end points to what I think is wrong with e-ink: there are no offerings for hobbyists, which could help a lot to create markets. Why not have at least some displays sold for the Raspberry Pi crowd?

Yeah, but it does seem like this could be a retail (via online sales) product. I don't really see many e-ink commercially deployed around me, and I'm in the bay area. I think the company(ies) controlling this tech ought to try to do anything to make their products more accessible/used.

I agree. It really looks to me as if there is not enough availability of this technology for hobbyists and startups - many startups started from some hobby tinkering with a technology. The big industry doesn't seem to be very interested, so one would need startups to bring more applications to the market.

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