Digital Frame Inside A Newspaper Box
Scott Walker, the assistant managing editor of The Birmingham (Al.) News, has got a great blog post about how he converted an old newspaper box into a web-connected digital frame.
With a newspaper box bought from eBay, a Mac mini, some hardware, and a little deft coding, he was able to replace the box’s window with an LCD panel. Now, every day, the box connects to the Internet over his home wireless network, grabs the front pages of a number of newspapers, displays them in a slideshow in the window, and can even play music. The software he wrote can grabs RSS feeds and email, too.
Not likely the kind of product that could see mass production, but a terrific project with a great result, especially in light of the recent release of a DIY wireless frame kit. Head on over to Walker’s site to see more photos, the process he went through to build the box, and check out a video of the box in action.
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robert hayden wrote at July 3rd, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Nice review on the future of digital frames and what they can do, found another website searching for more information on digital photo frames - http://www.digitalframes.com.au. This site offers a directory of where to purchase discounted digital frames, but more interesting is when you go further into the website you can see more information on the features that you can do with digital frames and what the future is for these great gadgets.
Keep up the good work..
Robert