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- Pretty cool! I remembered having a brainstorming session with co-workers about all the cool use-cases for e-ink displays over a decade ago. A product precisely like this was definitely mentioned, as was conference room displays, data center cage information, Kanban-style sticky notes in manufacturing, dynamic game pieces, among others. You'd think simple displays like the PaperMono would be as cheap as bluetooth speakers by now, but I know there are some major patent restrictions.
I can tell you this conversation happened over a decade ago because LCD Touchscreens were still more expensive than e-ink at the time.
by schnevets - Saw this device going around on X that has a mic / speaker so you can just dictate things: https://zectrix.com/en/
Ordered one but haven't tried it out yet. Sharing in case other folks are looking at devices.
by Zaheer - Looks cool, though I'm hearing that Apple will be introducing a Homepod with screen, and I'd probably give that a try. I think their privacy is good enough, and it would be instantly integrated into my ecosystem.by apparent
- Neato. Every time I see a competent eink project, I remember how long it has taken to due licensing drama and how much I've aged and will age until full wall eink.by maxglute
- KISS ! I do use whiteboard + camera. Much simpler and reliable.by alexsmirnov
- Neat! I have one better though:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-it_note
* Works during power outage
* No battery!
* Very few remote attacks possible
* Very little attack surface
* Accepts multiple input technologies (ink, crayon, and so on)
- I think on the app you should have an auto sort for your local supermarket. I have a list of aisles that I go through on my route around and I ask an ai to sort my shopping list by that route through the supermarket.by m101
- i built a similar app, but included more meal planning recipe management features and a "shopping mode" that goes section by section like this but just shows the next two things to grab as large clickable button as i found it annoying to fiddle with a list and checkboxes.
since its just got a simple api for adding new recipes its also easy for terminal based agents to add new stuff. its really solved the problem of the 20page prose about "why my way of cooking beans is so special" with the actual recipes hidden at the bottom thing.
we can also just snap a picture of a recipe in a regular cookbook to inject it.
then we mostly just need to pick what we want to eat that week and it does all the actual list building. we have a few special "recipies" for things we just buy every week as standards, milk etc. and the system knows which things are "staples" we probably already have in the house, flour etc.
I love the fridge magnet epaper idea from this though. especially for its potential during cooking to not need your phone or a tablet on the cooking surface
by dgently7