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 Gamma   ( @GammaGames@beehaw.org )  to Free and Open Source SoftwareEnglish · 2 years ago

Using a Zerowriter (Open Source DIY Freewrite)

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Using a Zerowriter (Open Source DIY Freewrite)

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 Gamma   ( @GammaGames@beehaw.org )  to Free and Open Source SoftwareEnglish · 2 years ago
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Make your own open source eink typewriter for as little as fifty bucks. The ZeroWriter is a DIY cyberdeck project for writers frustrated with the price of co...
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    Is it possible to make a device purely powered by the kinetic energy of key strokes? An ELECTRONIC device

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      Yes, it’s called a typewriter.

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      You’d probably need some resistant keys for that, unless it was somehow mechanical. Solar power would probably work better, especially since it’s eink. Might not be enough with the pi zero though

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