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angrygoat ◴[] No.42135621[source]
What a beautiful use of technology to uphold someone's personhood, and let them know they are loved, despite (and with regard to) a profound injury.

This reminds me of a desire I've had for a long time: a simple, wall-mountable eInk device that could be configured with a URL (+wifi creds) and render a markdown file, refreshing once every hour or so. It would be so useful for so many applications – I'm a parish priest and so I could use it to let people know what events are on, if a service is cancelled, the current prayer list, ... the applications would be endless. I'd definitely pay a couple of hundred dollars per device for a solid version of such a thing, if it could be mounted and then recharged every month or two.

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joseda-hg ◴[] No.42135902[source]
I'm in, can we crowdfund something like this?

If eInk wasn't a monopoly this would be 100% a project I'd love to do

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ryanckulp ◴[] No.42139062[source]
we crowdfunded one this summer and now we ship same-day. :) https://usetrmnl.com
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1. joseda-hg ◴[] No.42139136[source]
Doesn't seem like you ship to my region, cool product nevertheless
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2. ryanckulp ◴[] No.42139459[source]
ah really?? feel free to email us (team@usetrmnl.com). we've been granted a bunch of EC licenses lately but maybe missed a few country check boxes on our store.