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What To Do With Those First Generation Photo Frames?
First time accepted submitter icepick3000 writes "There are probably many digital photoframes unused these days laying around. Mine is from the first generation meaning you can only insert a compact flash card and display photos. Newer models nowadays can display weather, news, and stocks. Anyone have some good idea's how to give these old frames a second life? I have been thinking about compact flash cards that support wifi... maybe someone has a better idea?"
1) Download image http://i.imgur.com/Oq3OW.jpg
2) Place image on digital photoframe.
3) Place digital photoframe outside front door.
4) ???
5) Peace and solitude.
Bravo for saying what needed to be said so politely!
I thought this was Slashdot. This should be the home of people hacking devices and breathing new life into them.
"Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"
Pray your old photo frame supports SD cards
Use the GPIO on your Arduino/RaspberryPi/Anything network connectable really to emulate an SD card with a filesystem and produce the images to display stock prices/weather/intertubes content on your legacy photo frame.
Take headshots of your significant other looking very impatient, occasionally slightly moving to create the appearance of a live image. Glue a black plastic sequin to the middle of the top frame so it looks like a built in camera. Set the frame in portrait orientation and have it display the images in quick succession on your desk. Then whenever someone you don't want to talk to approaches, start apologizing to the frame, then turn it around for them to see, and whisper this: "I've got my wife on the telescreen... I have to take this call..." Bonus points if it is your wife who you avoid talking to in this way.
Use them as a video output device.
Many picture frames can be hacked and used as displays. Cheap and very handy for devices lacking traditional a traditional video out.
Some smart people have been working on this over at the Doozan forum.
You seem very angry about some guy who just wants to tinker with some old piece of electronics. Did a digital photo frame once fall on your head or something?
"Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"
> give the old frames to someone who will use it.
Like your local animal shelter - we use them at ours to display pictures of adoptable animals in local businesses, a volunteer drives around once a week with updated CF/SD cards. Much better than static posters.
e.g on openwrt
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=34133
Where are the nerds today?
They.. They took my job. Those photo frames.
I hate them all.
Your first grade teacher was wrong, there are such things as stupid questions.
I think you mean second generation photo frames. The first generation had superior DPI, didn't use any power and was a lot cheaper. It was also often made of wood.
Only dumb birds land downwind.
Help the new owner load some pics of the grandkids from their kids' Facebook page.
My God, it's Full of Source!
OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)