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e-ink display
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68points
18comments
#878of 3,109 in 2023
Top 29%of 2023 by points
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LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.50.
Design: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Legible display with very little battery use
From 1 comment
Thanks! I like how flexible that approach is, I can turn it into a weather station just by generating a different image. I really like this display, too, it's very legible and…
stavros on HN
Clean design, reminiscent of early Apple designs
From 2 comments
Looks great and somehow it reminds me Hartmut Esslinger's design for Apple from 80s
pndy on HNGotta be the plastic indeed; it also reminds me of this [1] - a mockup design I cannot track the source but guess it's also one of Apple. Kinda similar to old iPad docks [1] -…
pndy on HN
Renders an image rather than programming graphics on the device
From 1 comment
Reminds me of the Newton! Great little project and nice idea to just render an image and have it display that, rather than programming all the graphics on the device, well done!
gitgud on HN
Requests
Share code for the project
From 1 comment
Fantastic, do you have code somewhere? I jailbroke mine, I should definitely do that.
stavros on HN
Questions
How much did it cost to make?
From 1 comment
How much did it cost you to make?
KomoD on HN
Alternatives named
Jailbroken Kindle showing calendar images
From 1 comment
Hah I did something similar. Took an old Kindle and jailbroke it. It runs a script that will wake it up and refresh every half hour. It pulls down images of my google calendar…
evanreichard on HN