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I built a smaller, battery-powered version of this idea with Rust and ChatGPT: https://imgur.io/a/NoTr8XX / https://hackaday.io/project/190478-hyepaper
I published this article about how I made my own version of this using docker and some open source code to get the same effect. https://gregraiz.com/posts/i-made-an-eink-newspaper/
Boldly expanding the definition of "art" ;) Reminds me of the eink calendar concept that has been bouncing around the web for some years [1]. There's also this project [2] based on the same concept. It seems to me though that these kinds of projects are always held back by the exorbitant costs of decently sized eink displays. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KDkFgOHZ5I [2] https://github.com/speedyg0nz/MagInkCal
The definition of art has long ago been eroded into nothing. Put an empty table in the corner and call yourself an artist is perfectly valid today.
Looks nice, but it's still just more news for the news addicted. Silly idea dump: How about: A 4k TV in form of a window, which displays a live stream of a 4k camera of various places in nature. Lets say, in the middle of the forest, or a beach in italy. To have a window into another place, for some calm and mindfulness.
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The person you're replying to was just making a sensible observation that was relative to the conversation - I don't see any problem with what they said, nor relevance to Reddit's typical comments. You on the other hand haven't added to the discussion but instead broke one of HN's guidelines: > Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills. Maybe wort…
Appreciate the input. And you’re right, I shouldn’t have made the Reddit jab. It’s as childish as what I’ve been seeing here.
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Hey! It's Jay, I'm a journalist and developer and I've done most of the work on the front and backend of Project E Ink. Happy to answer your questions! So what we've done: we're indeed running our own Visionect servers these devices connect to. We've build a friendly and news-centered frontend so the display shows news, updates on new editions (or a user-set timeframe), or forgets about newspapers altogether and disp…
I don't think I'm your target demographic but I always appreciate folks who make their hardware accessible like this. Thank you :)
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Thank you. I think their product page is pushing cloud subscription too hard, they call subscription the same way they call display itself, and subscription is paid and cloud based. Product page says: "Place & Play devices work on a subscription basis. Select a plan here.", and "A license is needed for every device." while describing software suite. I'm still confused about the way it presented, but documentation and…
You may be confusing purchasing hardware and cloud subscription from the vendor producing the e ink display (Visionect) with the Project E ink device itself, which merely sources it's hardware from Visionect. The linked page is about the Project E ink device ( https://projecteink.com/products/e-ink-newspaper-art-display... ). The only place that page mentions a subscription is in reference to news paper subscriptions…
On an unrelated note, we been seeing the promise of high fidelity color E-Ink displays for years. Anyone know what the hold up is on that? I'd love to see something like this that can actually display color
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Can you disable the online integration features? Ie no google login, just be dumb and display what i tell it? Second question, any thoughts on if this could run off of battery? Eink tends to be so low power, i'd love this type of product with a wallhang and periodic charge. Thoughts? The price point is great!
You still need to in to the companion app because the device needs the online backend for computing the render. But on iOS you can log in with apple. And there is no need to pair with google calendar if you use the image url feature: https://www.invisible-computers.com/invisible-calendar/image... ——- Batteries drive up the cost for certification and shipping. I think a battery works better together with a bigger, mor…