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Re: Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

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Post by jiwidi »

wccrawford wrote: post #9
jiwidi wrote: post #5

Isnt this a fork* of https://x.com/WarnerTeddy/status/2060018688645115964 ? https://github.com/Twarner491/AvianVisitors https://theodore.net/projects/AvianVisitors/ Or maybe im missing to see is the same author? It went viral a few months ago

The new one appears to use real art from real humans, instead of AI art that was fixed. And just because 2 things do the same job doesn't make one a "copy" of the other.

My mistake for calling it "copy", should have said fork maybe (?)

They are awful close to still require a reference to the original project imo. They are achieving the same output (identify birds and display them in a frame display all hosted in a raspberry pi) with that twist to how to generate the art.

Re: Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

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Post by pjerem »

fnands wrote: post #11

Very cool! I wish E-ink displays were a bit more affordable. The 13 inch one is £229.50. Does anyone know why they are still so expensive, at least at large sizes?

You have to distinguish the fake color e-ink that are used in mass consumer products which are actually black&white e-ink plus an LCD layer and are expensive, and the real color e-ink where each micro capsule embeds 3 to 5 different inks of different colors.

The latest are pretty complex devices, very slow to refresh (hence why they are not used in your e-reader) and also very expensive. But the rendering is way much nicer because it’s real ink that is used to render the colors.

Re: Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

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Post by arnemunthekaas »

jiwidi wrote: post #21
wccrawford wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The new one appears to use real art from real humans, instead of AI art that was fixed. And just because 2 things do the same job doesn't make one a "copy" of the other.

My mistake for calling it "copy", should have said fork maybe (?) They are awful close to still require a reference to the original project imo. They are achieving the same output (identify birds and display them in a frame display all hosted in a raspberry pi) with that twist to how to generate the art.

Author here: I'll take any feedback and critisism. I haven't based any of my work directly on his project, but will be referencing it as a similar one in the readme, as well as e.g. https://github.com/veteranbv/inky-bird-frame.

Re: Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

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Post by jdiff »

wccrawford wrote: post #9
jiwidi wrote: post #5

Isnt this a fork* of https://x.com/WarnerTeddy/status/2060018688645115964 ? https://github.com/Twarner491/AvianVisitors https://theodore.net/projects/AvianVisitors/ Or maybe im missing to see is the same author? It went viral a few months ago

The new one appears to use real art from real humans, instead of AI art that was fixed. And just because 2 things do the same job doesn't make one a "copy" of the other.

What is "the new one"? The old one used AI, and this one seems to as well.

Re: Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

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Post by arnemunthekaas »

jdiff wrote: post #26
wccrawford wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The new one appears to use real art from real humans, instead of AI art that was fixed. And just because 2 things do the same job doesn't make one a "copy" of the other.

What is "the new one"? The old one used AI, and this one seems to as well.

Author here: It doesn't, well at least not art-wise. All sources are attributed in https://github.com/arnegiacomo/fugleramme/blob/main/assets/a... and https://github.com/arnegiacomo/fugleramme/blob/main/assets/a...
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