From Prototype to Production: Crowdfunding and Shipping the Modos Paper Dev Kit

Modos is an open-hardware company building an ecosystem of E Ink devices to reimagine personal computing with a focus on creating calm, inclusive, and humane technology. It started as an idea shaped by community input, then grew into Modos as we built early prototypes, received a grant, and continued iterating on the hardware through many revisions until where we are today, after a successful crowdfunding campaign, with devices shipping and the foundation in place for the next phase of the ecosystem.

In this talk, we will briefly discuss the underlying technology, share what we learned while building and refining our prototypes, and outline our next steps and future direction. We will cover how we plan to grow an ecosystem of compatible open hardware and applications, and where we want to take Modos next as the community continues to help shape the roadmap.