The iconic Etch-a-Sketch, a toy beloved by generations, always had one major limitation: a drawing mistake meant shaking the entire device and starting over from scratch. With the TekkaSketch project, this limitation is overcome thanks to a modern approach that integrates digital functions while preserving the classic aesthetic. The idea stems from observing the original…
The idea of this project is to show the high and low tide times predicted for the day and a graph with the trend in the last 24 hours. In addition to this we also find basic meteorological data. We use a Raspberry Pi (in this case Raspberry Pi ZeroW) as a microcontroller and an…
Why a rotary cellphone? Because in a finicky, annoying, touchscreen world of hyperconnected people using phones they have no control over or understanding of, I wanted something that would be entirely mine, personal, and absolutely tactile,while also giving me an excuse for not texting. The point isn’t to be anachronistic. It’s to show that it’s…
The Tri-Color E-Ink Gizmo gives Circuit Playground Bluefruit the ability to display images on a bold black, white, & red e-ink screen. And since it’s e-ink, the image can still be seen even after power has been turned off. Even better – you can now display images on E-Ink Gizmo by sending them wirelessly from your…
Ben Roe has just revealed the instructions to create a DIY E Ink Magic Mirror. He developed a node.js script to run a local Magic Mirror site, then takes a screenshot of it to push to a 7.5-inch Waveshare E Ink display. So yes, it’s a magic mirror in software only and all is managed…
We wrote about the first eInk display for Raspberry Pi released by Pi-supply on Kickstarter one year ago. Awesome creation, but now the new launch of a dedicated e-ink HAT for the newborn Pi Zero is showing big selling numbers! Since the launch of the original PaPiRus on Kickstarter, we’ve come to realise how popular…
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