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

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This project will work with a 7.3" display just as well - they are £79.50! https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/inky-impression?variant=5... Disclaimer: I am the CEO of Pimoroni :-)

Yeah, the 4 and 7.3" prices are not bad, the jump to 13 is just large. That being said, the cost per area goes down, so it is also probably fair.

Cost per area is pretty much what drives all display pricing. :-)

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

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post #56

Frigate, the IP camera security system, also does bird classification: https://docs.frigate.video/configuration/bird_classification...

Thanks for sharing. Didn’t know about this project. Have you used it yourself? I’ve only experimented with Scrypted for fun, but Frigate sounds like I could operate birdsong analysis without a separate BirdNET container.

Turns out Frigate uses visual classification only. Hard to trigger when birds are so small, unless they fly right up to the camera perhaps.

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

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post #142

This is the coolest thing on HN that I've seen in a minute. The whole thing is a perfect blend of ideas with the end result of something that feels... magical. Honestly this is the highest inspiration to me as a builder as I just want to create magical experiences, even if they are just small oddities.

> This is the coolest thing on HN that I've seen in a minute. Off-topic, but what is up with the increased use of the phrase "in a minute", presumably to mean "in a long time", lately? I've only started encountering it in the past year. Did it get popularized by some celebrity, tv show, influencers, etc?

It's been a phrase for decades.

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

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post #142

This is the coolest thing on HN that I've seen in a minute. The whole thing is a perfect blend of ideas with the end result of something that feels... magical. Honestly this is the highest inspiration to me as a builder as I just want to create magical experiences, even if they are just small oddities.

The bird database seems only relevant for the UK and surrounding area. Probably would not show much in the U.S.

BirdNET has great coverage for the US/North America. Part of its main training set is the Macaulay Library, which is also used by Merlin/e-bird.

https://birdnet.cornell.edu

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

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Curious if there is a similar project for dog barks.

I wanted to say that seems like a stretch but then I often find myself visualizing my best guess at the appearance, including species, of an unknown dog. It seems like size of dog and pitch of bark are negatively correlated

I think it's because bigger dogs have larger throats and a bigger "voice box," so to speak. They have more of the vocal folds than a small dog, plus they have a bigger chest and larger lungs to force more air through them.

That's my bro-science understanding of it, anyway.

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

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post #273

I'm also in the BirdTech scene. I detect birds and automatically spray them with a sprinkler to keep away from our pool area. code: https://github.com/mattsahn/bird-away writeup: https://mattsahn.github.io/bird-away-blog/

Ha, I've thought about doing something like this but to keep my cats off the countertops in the kitchen!

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

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You're selling a music feedback app and it doesn't do the music feedback part yet?

I'm not selling anything; I'm developing it live and there is a landing page, but there's no payment hooked up since like you said, it's not functional yet.

It's the first thing you see when opening the page.
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