We’ve seen a fair number of hacks such as this one that reuse a Kindle essentially just for its ePaper display. [HaHaBird] has this gadget hanging on his refrigerator to screen the weather condition as well as remind him about recycling day. It type of make us question why we’re not seeing affordable ePaper modules on the pastime market?
The idea isn’t new, however [HaHaBird] does relocation it along just a bit bit. He started by complying with the guide which [Matt] composed after pulling off the original Kindle weather condition screen hack. It utilizes a separate computer running a script that polls the Web for weather condition data as well as produces a vector graphic like the one seen above. The Kindle then tons the picture when every five minutes thanks to a cron task on the rooted device. however why stop there? [HaHaBird] modified the script to include a pointer about his municipality’s irregular recycling schedule.
Don’t neglect the high quality of the hardware side of this hack. With its popular location in the kitchen area he desired a well completed look. This was accomplished by building a frame out of cherry as well as routing passages on the back to make space for the extension cable television (so it might hang in landscape orientation) as well as a toggle to hold the Kindle firmly in place. extra info on the develop is offered here.