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Life & fun · December 17, 2020

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I made a solar-powered, ePaper photo frame

Looks like this year ePaper projects have been popping around[1], so this is mine. I made a photo frame with the intention of having a record of my family's history that can potentially outlive me. Knowing the challenges of long-lived digital projects, I consider this a moving target that will go through several iterations, but the first version showed encouraging results. I wonder if anyone else is interested in having something like that in their living rooms. More details:…

I made a solar-powered, ePaper photo frame launched on December 17, 2020 with 27 votes, #894 of 3,242 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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This is a solar-powered photo frame using ePaper technology designed to display family photos as a long-term digital archive. The maker built it to create a durable record of family history that could potentially outlast them, addressing concerns about digital project longevity. It targets people interested in preserving memories in a low-power, sustainable format suitable for home display. The first prototype demonstrated promising results, with the project intended to evolve through multiple iterations.

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Looks like this year ePaper projects have been popping around[1], so this is mine. I made a photo frame with the intention of having a record of my family's history that can potentially outlive me. Knowing the challenges of long-lived digital projects, I consider this a moving target that will go through several…

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