Ever since clapping my eyes upon the sea shell ereader prop in 2014 horror flick It Follows, I've had an unhealthy obsession with itty bitty e-paper projects. Today, I've spotted an even smaller ereader build that also boasts functionality akin to a magic 8-ball.
When shaken, the EFortune Cookie by gokux will display one of up to 3,000 fortunes on its teeny-weeny 1.54-inch e-paper screenie (via Hackaday). The whole thing runs from an ESP32, which is a SoC with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth functionality. However, the EFortune Cookie is designed to work entirely offline, should you need guidance somewhere not even 5G can reach.
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