Hack a Kindle Into a Weather Display [DIY]
A Kindle is already a great reading device, but if you want to get a little more out of it, blogger Matthew Petroff shows off a hack that turns a Kindle into a simple useful weather display. More&nb...
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Turning a Kindle into a weather display
Since the first time [Matt] saw an e-paper display, the idea of using it as a regularly updated, non real-time display consumed him. It really is the perfect platform for very readable calendars, agendas or, as [Matt] found out, a weather display. [Matt]‘s build uses a server to fetch and parse weather data and forecasts from NOAA. [...]
Find Hundreds of Free eBooks, Audio Books, and Textbooks at Open Culture [Free]
Open Culture is a treasure trove of educational and cultural media. Avid readers and lifelong learners should definitely check out the site for its huge meta lists of free textbooks, audio books, and eB...
Using a Raspberry Pi as your travel computer
Do you think you could travel for the entire summer and leave your laptop at home? [Gef] did just that. With the help of his Kindle he used a Raspberry Pi as his travel computer. This was an easy association to think up, since he planned to bring the Kindle along as his reading material [...]
Hack a Kindle Into a Minimal Computer with a Raspberry Pi [DIY]
A Kindle isn't exactly the most exciting device you could use as a monitor, but over the blog Ponnuki, writer Damaru shows how to turn a Kindle into a monitor using a Raspberry Pi. More »...