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SystemSix

eek2121 5y ago
FYI Waveshare has both larger options, and some color e-ink displays as well. I've been thinking of picking one up, possibly a color display. Disclaimer: NOT affiliated with any of the companies above. I just want to build cool stuff.
chomp 5y ago
That newspaper project in the article looks like it came from https://onezero.medium.com/the-morning-paper-revisited-35b407822494 https://onezero.medium.com/the-morning-paper-revisited-35b40... which took me to here: https://calmtech.com/ https://calmtech.com/ For some reason I love this. There's something deeply satisfying about quiet technology. I wish I could get my local newspaper's front page scan like this.
- criddell 5y ago
  I really like that too. I personally would like it if the front page were from this day from some random year in the NYT archive. For example, today you might see the front page from March 23, 1936 today and then tomorrow it might be March 24, 1982. BTW, in case anybody was wondering, the 31" eink display is $1500. That actually seems pretty reasonable to me.
layer8 5y ago
This is cool, but I really wish the contrast of eInk displays would be improving. It’s still only around 1:10, a far cry from printed paper.
oofabz 5y ago
Very nice! My own programming folder would have included MPW and Resorcerer.
- JKCalhoun 5y ago
  Ha ha. Yeah, the dev icons displayed are chosen from a set at random — but you mentioned two apps that are, sadly, not in the list. Easy enough to add though. Now, if I can just find the icons.... EDIT: Found "MPW Shell", added. Resourcerer seems to be a little harder to find.
neilv 5y ago
After seeing this, the IKEA CORRAS server rack in my living room needs a similar tasteful e-ink picture frame sitting atop it, for system status and general info. This e-ink component includes red (for alerts): https://www.waveshare.com/12.48inch-e-Paper-B.htm https://www.waveshare.com/12.48inch-e-Paper-B.htm
- remram 5y ago
  That's 16 seconds to update the display. I am familiar with the Kindle etc but this seems very long. I guess it doesn't matter too much for ambient display projects like this. I found this example video of the display update process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr6Lt0gKjsI&t=22m43s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr6Lt0gKjsI&t=22m43s
  - neilv 5y ago
    Sigh. Good catch. Sadly, this won't work for my living room ambiance.

FYI Waveshare has both larger options, and some color e-ink displays as well. I've been thinking of picking one up, possibly a color display. Disclaimer: NOT affiliated with any of the companies above. I just want to build cool stuff.

chomp 5y ago

That newspaper project in the article looks like it came from https://onezero.medium.com/the-morning-paper-revisited-35b407822494 https://onezero.medium.com/the-morning-paper-revisited-35b40... which took me to here: https://calmtech.com/ https://calmtech.com/ For some reason I love this. There's something deeply satisfying about quiet technology. I wish I could get my local newspaper's front page scan like this.

criddell 5y ago
I really like that too. I personally would like it if the front page were from this day from some random year in the NYT archive. For example, today you might see the front page from March 23, 1936 today and then tomorrow it might be March 24, 1982. BTW, in case anybody was wondering, the 31" eink display is $1500. That actually seems pretty reasonable to me.

layer8 5y ago

This is cool, but I really wish the contrast of eInk displays would be improving. It’s still only around 1:10, a far cry from printed paper.

oofabz 5y ago

Very nice! My own programming folder would have included MPW and Resorcerer.

JKCalhoun 5y ago
Ha ha. Yeah, the dev icons displayed are chosen from a set at random — but you mentioned two apps that are, sadly, not in the list. Easy enough to add though. Now, if I can just find the icons.... EDIT: Found "MPW Shell", added. Resourcerer seems to be a little harder to find.

neilv 5y ago

After seeing this, the IKEA CORRAS server rack in my living room needs a similar tasteful e-ink picture frame sitting atop it, for system status and general info. This e-ink component includes red (for alerts): https://www.waveshare.com/12.48inch-e-Paper-B.htm https://www.waveshare.com/12.48inch-e-Paper-B.htm

remram 5y ago
That's 16 seconds to update the display. I am familiar with the Kindle etc but this seems very long. I guess it doesn't matter too much for ambient display projects like this. I found this example video of the display update process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr6Lt0gKjsI&t=22m43s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr6Lt0gKjsI&t=22m43s
- neilv 5y ago
  Sigh. Good catch. Sadly, this won't work for my living room ambiance.