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MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia (jan.miksovsky.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, this was uplifting! It's kind of terrifying to think that she could just feel abandoned and anxious 5 minutes after talking to her children. But this looks like a good counter to that.

I hear digital photo frame advertisements on podcasts all the time and they all trumpet how easy it is to send pictures to relatives and friends! My first thought is: what happens to the frame if you stop paying? Worse , what if they go bankrupt, get bought out, change terms, etc? I'm sure you won't be able to send pictures anymore and that everything's locked down and proprietary...