I built one using raspberry pi and PaPiRus display. It's tiny but it suffices for a desktop notification system. I also gamified it using a plant so that I wo

I built one using raspberry pi and PaPiRus display. It's tiny but it suffices for a desktop notification system. I also gamified it using a plant so that I would read all unread emails by the end of day (having it grow/die depending if I hit the goal). You should give it a shot.