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E Ink is introducing a novel touchpad designed to transform laptops into seamless hubs for AI applications. Leveraging the company’s signature electronic paper display technology, the touchpad offers a dedicated interface for interacting with AI assistants and tools. Imagine effortlessly viewing AI-generated summaries or engaging in extended chatbot conversations directly on your touchpad, freeing up your main screen. A key advantage of E Ink’s display is its ultra-low power consumption, a crucial benefit for laptops increasingly running energy-intensive AI tasks. Beyond AI, the touchpad can also host customizable shortcuts, notification feeds, and media playback controls, echoing the functionality of Apple’s former Touch Bar. While E Ink highlights compatibility with Intel-powered AI PCs, details regarding power integration and OS support are currently scarce. There’s no concrete release date for when this technology will debut in consumer laptops.