[misterbwong]

This is really cool! I love pet projects like this. Although, I can't help but wonder why OP didn't put a frame around an ancient Fire tablet or something else with an LCD screen and web browsing out of the box.

Seems like it would result in a better experience (color) with much less work and about the same price point.

[ratg13]

You’d have to constantly power an LCD display.

With an e-ink device you could create something that only needs to be recharged 1-2 times a year, or that is passively charged off your WiFi.

[samb1729]

> passively charged off your WiFi

I had no idea this is possible. Is there a name for power-over-wifi?

[KomoD]

> Is there a name for power-over-wifi?

Yes, the name for power over wifi is power over wifi (or PoWiFi).

But doesn't look like it's used at all in anything and uses a special "PoWiFi router"(?)

https://modernmobile.cs.washington.edu/docs/powifi.pdf

[adtac]

Colour e-ink displays exist. We don't live in spaceships yet but this is just as good.

[benborgers]

I thought about this! An old iPad also wouldn’t have to be rooted to show a website.

But ultimately I wanted something that could be in a bedroom without glowing at night, which e-ink felt better suited for.