Digital Picture Frames & E-InkIntermediate
E-ink bird frame that draws itself
Garden birds become 1800s illustrations on e-ink.
- Est. cost
- Cost unknown
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Overview
A Raspberry Pi 5 runs fully local audio AI that identifies real garden birds and shows them as hand-cut 1800s illustrations on an e-ink frame, with 800+ plates across 400+ species.
How it works
Local bird-sound recognition -> illustration plate -> e-ink display.
Hardware
- Raspberry Pi 5
- mic
- e-ink panel
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