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A Remotely Controlled Kindle Page Turner

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One of the biggest advantages of e-readers such as the Kindle is the fact that it doesn’t weigh as much as a traditional hardcover book, much less the thousands of books it can hold in digital form. Which is especially nice if you drop the thing on your face while reading in bed. But as light and easy to use as the Kindle is, you still need to hold it in your hands and interact with it like some kind of a baby’s toy.

Looking for a way to operate the Kindle without having to go through the exhaustive effort …read more

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Kindle Tells The Time By Quoting Literature

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People love books, and if you’re anything like [tjaap]’s girlfriend, you may easily devour your eighty books and more a year. Maybe to keep better track of time during her reading sessions, her wish was to get a clock for the living room, so [tjaap] stepped up. Being a maker at heart, he decided to skip the ready-made options, and instead build one in the most fitting way imaginable: by displaying the time as literary quotes on a jailbroken Kindle.

Unlike your average word clock, [tjaap]’s literary clock displays (almost) every minute a different sentence that, in one form or …read more

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Amazon Does Right by its Customers (Premium)

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Amazon’s excellent customer service plays as big a role in the firm’s success as its aggressive business tactics.

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This Portable Pi May Not Be What You Expect

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In the years since the Raspberry Pi and other similar inexpensive Linux-capable single board computers came to the market, we have shown you a huge variety of projects using them at the heart of portable computers. These normally take the form of a laptop or tablet project, but today we have one that starts from a completely different perspective.

The “Kindleberry Pi Zero W” from [Ben Yarmis] does not attempt to create an enclosure or form factor for a portable computing solution. Instead it’s fair to say that it is more of a software hack than a hardware one, as …read more

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Animated Picture Frame Needs Charging Once Per Month

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[Kyle Stewart-Frantz] took one look at a black and white photo of a mountain stream, and decided it was way too boring. How much cooler would it be if the water was moving! Like any good hacker worth his weight in 2N2222s, [Kyle] set out to make his idea a reality. After discovering some pricey options, he found a Kindle Paperwhite with a display that had decent resolution and 16 levels of grey. But would 16 levels be sufficient to produce an animation that’s pleasing to the eye?

After stumbling upon a community dedicated to hacking Kindles, [Kyle] got to …read more

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Parenting Is Tough. Relax With These Downtime Goodies

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Parenting Is Tough. Relax With These Downtime Goodies

The kids are finally down for the evening—or, better yet, spending the weekend with Nana. Make the most of your little slice of you-time. The post Parenting Is Tough. Relax With These Downtime Goodies appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Parenting Is Tough. Relax With These Downtime Goodies→