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32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by lopis »

cydmax wrote: post #18
alexandernl wrote: post #2

I'm a news junkie, and the power and allure of a newspaper's front page have always fascinated me. When I stumbled upon an article written by a Google engineer who had built an e ink device with the front page of his favorite daily newspaper prominently displayed on his wall, I was a bit jealous. So, I worked with a e-ink company called Visionect in Slovenia to build a version that comes shipped ready to put on your…

There are cheaper e-ink displays by Waveshare. e.g. the WaveShare 13.3inch e-Paper e-Ink Display HAT For Raspberry Pi for 500€. You can build a box to house the display and the Raspberry Pi for under 100€… Add some scripts to download and display the news PDF and you can enjoy it for 1/4 of the price…

Is that really worth it, though? The 13 inch screen from this company is 899€ and already comes in a proper enclosure, and is wireless which seems important for this product. If your goal is to quickly manufacture reliable devices, partnering with someone that already sells a proper device seems totally worth the extra cost.

Not to mention that OP wants a big poster-size screen, so your suggestion comes a few inches short.

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by ZiiS »

pipo234 wrote: post #11
Tepix wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's pricey. Perhaps using a normal 4k monitor is a better option? It could even display video. You could couple it with a motion sensor to turn it off and save power when noone is around.

There is probably some break even point, as a typical 4k monitor draws considerably more power.

If you only update the paper once a day with a new newspaper you can probably run a OLED for about 1 second per day on the same power budget.

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by Gasp0de »

alexandernl wrote: post #2

I'm a news junkie, and the power and allure of a newspaper's front page have always fascinated me. When I stumbled upon an article written by a Google engineer who had built an e ink device with the front page of his favorite daily newspaper prominently displayed on his wall, I was a bit jealous. So, I worked with a e-ink company called Visionect in Slovenia to build a version that comes shipped ready to put on your…

For 2500 bucks I can probably pay the person who delivers my daily newspaper to come inside and hang it on the wall for me for at least 10 years.

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by martinclayton »

shultays wrote: post #10
alexandernl wrote: post #2

I'm a news junkie, and the power and allure of a newspaper's front page have always fascinated me. When I stumbled upon an article written by a Google engineer who had built an e ink device with the front page of his favorite daily newspaper prominently displayed on his wall, I was a bit jealous. So, I worked with a e-ink company called Visionect in Slovenia to build a version that comes shipped ready to put on your…

Sounds like an interesting project, how/where does it fetch the data from?

Eg. https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/07/07/nytfrontpage/scan...

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by rahimnathwani »

cydmax wrote: post #18
alexandernl wrote: post #2

I'm a news junkie, and the power and allure of a newspaper's front page have always fascinated me. When I stumbled upon an article written by a Google engineer who had built an e ink device with the front page of his favorite daily newspaper prominently displayed on his wall, I was a bit jealous. So, I worked with a e-ink company called Visionect in Slovenia to build a version that comes shipped ready to put on your…

There are cheaper e-ink displays by Waveshare. e.g. the WaveShare 13.3inch e-Paper e-Ink Display HAT For Raspberry Pi for 500€. You can build a box to house the display and the Raspberry Pi for under 100€… Add some scripts to download and display the news PDF and you can enjoy it for 1/4 of the price…

It seems reasonable for OP to pay 4x given:

- the display size is 6x

- no need to DIY

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by yunusabd »

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

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by prmph »

Couldn't one use an old iPad for something similar?

I have this idea for some time: a simple SaaS where you create widgets (News headlines, Weather, Stocks, FX rates, Clocks, etc) in your account, then load a special page optimized for viewing on tablets from a few meters away, which is updated periodically.

Then you can find another cool use for old iPads by pointing them to this page, and mounting them on the wall.

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by cydmax »

lopis wrote: post #21
cydmax wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are cheaper e-ink displays by Waveshare. e.g. the WaveShare 13.3inch e-Paper e-Ink Display HAT For Raspberry Pi for 500€. You can build a box to house the display and the Raspberry Pi for under 100€… Add some scripts to download and display the news PDF and you can enjoy it for 1/4 of the price…

Is that really worth it, though? The 13 inch screen from this company is 899€ and already comes in a proper enclosure, and is wireless which seems important for this product. If your goal is to quickly manufacture reliable devices, partnering with someone that already sells a proper device seems totally worth the extra cost. Not to mention that OP wants a big poster-size screen, so your suggestion comes a few inches…

It is absolutely worth it! The Visionect display require a subscription to run properly: https://www.visionect.com/software/ . 60 Euro / year to run a display that I paid almost 1k for is not for private use.

I guess that's why the price for the 32 inch display is so high, the subscription is priced in.

Re: 32“ E Ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall (2021)

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Post by ranting-moth »

yunusabd wrote: post #27

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.
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