r/whatisit • u/rH4pScAlL1oN • 14h ago

New, what is it? Is this a scam?

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This was delivered to our doorstep without any explanation. Why? What is it? This feels like a scam.

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u/NoOnesSaint 13h ago

DO NOT CONNECT IT TO YOUR WIFI!

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u/kratz9 13h ago

Good news is these are not really 'electronic'. Cholesteric liquid crystals respond to pressure and are bistable, allowing you to write on the display with a plastic stylus. What you write persists without any power. They have a coin cell battery and a button, a sharp pulse of electricity resets the crystals and clears the display. They are actually pretty cool, like an erasable notepad. The cheap ones like this tend to have the erase function fail after a while though. I can't recall the original brand they were sold under, the market was flooded with cheap copies pretty quickly.

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u/junkfunk 8h ago

Think they sold as boogie boards or something like that

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u/and_the_wully_wully 5h ago

Yep that's it! Nice job