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Incredible! If only there was some cheap hackable eink frame, you could make a fully self contained artwork from eink panel + rpi that's (slowly) continuously u

Incredible! If only there was some cheap hackable eink frame, you could make a fully self contained artwork from eink panel + rpi that's (slowly) continuously updating itself..!

andrewmunsell 3y ago
There definitely are some: https://shop.pimoroni.com/search?q=e-ink https://shop.pimoroni.com/search?q=e-ink And now I think I know what my next project is going to be, I am sure I can find some desk space
- isoprophlex 3y ago
  Yessss! I looked into building some self contained "slow tech" generative art using eink a couple of years ago but it was just impossible for my tiny budget. This is great, thanks!! Edit..: I'm so hyped about this; the example image on TFA takes +2 hours to generate, but who cares?! I'd love to have a little display that churns around in the background and creates a new variation on my prompt every whatever hours, displaying the results on an unobtrusive eink screen.
  - causi 3y ago
    Make sure you build in a capacity to save all the previous iterations in case you see something you really like.
    - isoprophlex 3y ago
      Haha I like the idea of walking past, glancing now and then to see if there's something you really love... but on the other hand I would also love the statement behind something unconnected to the internet that's slowly churning out unique, ephemeral pictures. Yours to enjoy, then gone forever.
      - civilitty 3y ago
        You can make a digital sand mandala [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_mandala https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_mandala
  - mw63214 3y ago
    Is it possible to incorporate a personalized "context" into the generator? Weather, market/news sentiments, calendar events, etc... to style the end result.
    - qwertox 3y ago
      I love the idea.
mananaysiempre 3y ago
Like a continuously updating wall-mounted newspaper[1]? [1] https://imgur.io/a/NoTr8XX https://imgur.io/a/NoTr8XX (no, I don’t know why anyone would use Imgur to write up a hack either)
xtagon 3y ago
Waveshare and Pimoroni have some that work well with Raspberry Pi, if they're in your budget. I built a Waveshare epaper display + Pi Zero into a photo frame for a totally different project. Your idea tempts me.
dheera 3y ago
I made one before (https://dheera.net/projects/einkframe/ https://dheera.net/projects/einkframe/) that used ShanShui (https://github.com/LingDong-/shan-shui-inf https://github.com/LingDong-/shan-shui-inf) I'm thinking of making a Stable Diffusion version of this, and preferably with a larger eInk screen.
stavros 3y ago
You can use mine: https://www.stavros.io/posts/making-the-timeframe/ https://www.stavros.io/posts/making-the-timeframe/ You just put an image on some HTTP server and it shows it.
NooneAtAll3 3y ago
2 years ago people were already hacking updateable photo frames out of them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YawP9RjPcJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YawP9RjPcJA
jojobas 3y ago
Listen to the speech in the room, based on hot topics generate a set of pictures for tomorrow.

Incredible! If only there was some cheap hackable eink frame, you could make a fully self contained artwork from eink panel + rpi that's (slowly) continuously updating itself..!

andrewmunsell 3y ago

There definitely are some: https://shop.pimoroni.com/search?q=e-ink https://shop.pimoroni.com/search?q=e-ink And now I think I know what my next project is going to be, I am sure I can find some desk space

isoprophlex 3y ago
Yessss! I looked into building some self contained "slow tech" generative art using eink a couple of years ago but it was just impossible for my tiny budget. This is great, thanks!! Edit..: I'm so hyped about this; the example image on TFA takes +2 hours to generate, but who cares?! I'd love to have a little display that churns around in the background and creates a new variation on my prompt every whatever hours, displaying the results on an unobtrusive eink screen.
- causi 3y ago
  Make sure you build in a capacity to save all the previous iterations in case you see something you really like.
  - isoprophlex 3y ago
    Haha I like the idea of walking past, glancing now and then to see if there's something you really love... but on the other hand I would also love the statement behind something unconnected to the internet that's slowly churning out unique, ephemeral pictures. Yours to enjoy, then gone forever.
    - civilitty 3y ago
      You can make a digital sand mandala [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_mandala https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_mandala
- mw63214 3y ago
  Is it possible to incorporate a personalized "context" into the generator? Weather, market/news sentiments, calendar events, etc... to style the end result.
  - qwertox 3y ago
    I love the idea.

mananaysiempre 3y ago

Like a continuously updating wall-mounted newspaper[1]? [1] https://imgur.io/a/NoTr8XX https://imgur.io/a/NoTr8XX (no, I don’t know why anyone would use Imgur to write up a hack either)

xtagon 3y ago

Waveshare and Pimoroni have some that work well with Raspberry Pi, if they're in your budget. I built a Waveshare epaper display + Pi Zero into a photo frame for a totally different project. Your idea tempts me.

dheera 3y ago

I made one before (https://dheera.net/projects/einkframe/ https://dheera.net/projects/einkframe/) that used ShanShui (https://github.com/LingDong-/shan-shui-inf https://github.com/LingDong-/shan-shui-inf) I'm thinking of making a Stable Diffusion version of this, and preferably with a larger eInk screen.

stavros 3y ago

You can use mine: https://www.stavros.io/posts/making-the-timeframe/ https://www.stavros.io/posts/making-the-timeframe/ You just put an image on some HTTP server and it shows it.

NooneAtAll3 3y ago

2 years ago people were already hacking updateable photo frames out of them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YawP9RjPcJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YawP9RjPcJA

jojobas 3y ago

Listen to the speech in the room, based on hot topics generate a set of pictures for tomorrow.