Fugleramme - E-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
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Fugleramme is an e-ink bird frame for Raspberry Pi that listens to your garden with a microphone and uses fully local AI to identify bird species in real time. Each detected bird is matched to a hand-cut 1800s natural-history illustration and displayed on an Inky Impression e-ink panel. The frame redraws only when the birds change, showing a bare perch when it's quiet. With over 800 cut-outs covering 400+ species, it brings a charming, analog feel to modern AI. It also runs as a web kiosk, so you can enjoy it on any display. Perfect for nature lovers and makers.
Half the point of this project is showing off some amazing public-domain natural-history illustrations.
- divbzero
The underlying classifier, BirdNET, is a traditional neural network and not an LLM:
- thomasfl
As a fellow Norwegian I must say that this is pure art by the developer Arne Munthe-Kaas.
- theturtletalks
So many bird projects recently and I think it’s all thanks to this project[0]
It seems IP over Avian Carriers is finally within reach!
- joshstrange
e-ink is so much fun, especially when combined with ESP32 or BTLE boards. I currently have 4 around my house displaying book quotes that I've highlighted in KOReader and they bring me joy each time I see them. They are simple and do one thing very well.
I just got and setup a BTLE e-ink driver the other day and according to my calculations it will last _years_ on a single charge (2000mAh) even with multiple refreshes per day (crazy compared to the Wifi ones). Year+ lifetime completely changes the calculus for where to put these IMHO.
I'm considering designing a multiple-screen "art" piece to hang on my wall and playing around with various ideas (on both content and design).
LLMs + 3D Printer + e-ink is my new favorite hobby.
- MiloLeo
This is such a cool project. My mom would absolutely love this if I made it as a gift. This may be a good project.
- mandycult
This is the sweetest thing I've seen in a long time :')
- jiwidi
Isnt this a fork* of https://x.com/WarnerTeddy/status/2060018688645115964?
https://github.com/Twarner491/AvianVisitors
https://theodore.net/projects/AvianVisitors/
Or maybe im missing to see is the same author? It went viral a few months ago
- albertgoeswoof
I built one of these that shows the hacker news front page, nyt front page, my most listened to album of the last 7 days etc.
Refreshes every hour
Battery lasts a few months
Esp32 and a colour eink panel, same as this one I think