E-Ink is ridiculously durable, standing up to bending, cuts, water, fire and even total punctures without ceasing to blink. The panel only died when microwaved for a few seconds, but that was just because all of its metal components (power connectors, mainly) vaporized in fantastic balls of lightning. Phone Losers took a more proactive approach: using lightning to kill the panel’s metal components and break it up in a fun way of hacking it up to death.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/esquire-e-ink-cover-hacked-to-death-with-knives-and-f-5054022