Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08)

Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by mojombo on Saturday December 20, 2008 @07:55PM (#405025)

I'm not that interested in the photo sharing side of the Picwing, but it looks like this could become a pretty badass little device for all sorts of networked display/control applications. Will the OS or API be open for hackers to develop and deploy their own applications? If so, I could totally get on board with this.

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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by echamussy on Saturday December 20, 2008 @08:51PM (#405067)

Yes, we are planning to release an API to develop new applications for the frame. We have done some work already in that regard but we want to have something very solid before releasing it.

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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by mojombo on Saturday December 20, 2008 @09:27PM (#405091)

Awesome. The other thing, and I expect you have this in mind already, is that if I were to buy one, I'd want a thinner more modern bezel instead of a picture-framey one. Are you planning to make different styles/colors available in the future?

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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by edawerd on Sunday December 21, 2008 @01:50AM (#405275)

Def. We'd like to have something that looks a lot slicker in the future.

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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by bprater on Sunday December 21, 2008 @01:10AM (#405248)

Yep, I think that you guys may have just created a great hackable device when you thought all you had was a digital picture frame.

Let hacker's thrive. Give them a great, juicy section of your website. If nothing else, put up a wiki stat, so folks can start talking!

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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by mojombo on Sunday December 21, 2008 @01:45AM (#405273)

Totally. I'd love to see the technical specs of the device. Screen size and resolution, CPU, RAM, storage, networking capabilities, ports, etc.

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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by chriskelley on Sunday December 21, 2008 @05:53AM (#405373)

I have a family member who has autism. The thought has been expressed to me that although he is capable of completing tasks on his own, he often gets sidetracked and will (for example) get to the sink, but forget he's there to brush his teeth. It would be very helpful for him if there was some sort of 'call-to-action' when he enters an area of the house, i.e. a video previously recorded of him brushing his teeth comes on to the screen and he thinks 'oh yeah, brush my teeth!'.

Being able to hack with these and scatter them about the house, add some sort of discovery capabilities (bluetooth enabled wristband? Seperate controller with webcam doing facial recognition? Now we're talkin...) and we're off to the races.

Seems like there are a ton of applications for this, great work!

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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by noonespecial on Sunday December 21, 2008 @12:53AM (#405238)

I'd like to embed them in my walls and use them as control points for my x10 home automation system (already controlled by linux pc and web browser), to view the video feeds off my security cameras, and to control the entertainment systems.

Count me in for 5 or so of the next run!

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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by danw on Sunday December 21, 2008 @06:49PM (#405870)

It looks like the Chumby is a good open hackable alternative

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