As a proud new father I have several mugs with "Daddy" and hands prints etc, and they are all really cute.
However, I would like to build a mug that somehow has a display in it. Would have to think carefully how to get a flat display into a round (maybe square would be easier) mug. I assume it world have to go in after the mug was fired :-) The batteries could be recharged and the images uploaded over USB. Or the images uploaded by some wireless means, and the batteries recharged by splashpower :-)
I could then upload all the images I wanted to my mug which would display them throughout the day.
If firebox already sold these, I'd have one already :-)
Cheers, Chris
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Could the display be powered by the heat from the liquid in the mug?
Thus giving you an excuse to keep the Scottish coffees* flowing!
* I don't actually know what a Scottish coffee would involve, it would
have to be different from an Irish one. Maybe some Drambuie. Mmm
mmm.... It's fine, it's after midday.
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On Nov 16, 8:58 am, "Chris Styles" <Chris.Sty...@arm.com> wrote:
> As a proud new father I have several mugs with "Daddy" and hands prints
> etc, and they are all really cute.
> However, I would like to build a mug that somehow has a display in it.
> Would have to think carefully how to get a flat display into a round
> (maybe square would be easier) mug. I assume it world have to go in
> after the mug was fired :-) The batteries could be recharged and the
> images uploaded over USB. Or the images uploaded by some wireless means,
> and the batteries recharged by splashpower :-)
> I could then upload all the images I wanted to my mug which would
> display them throughout the day.
> If firebox already sold these, I'd have one already :-)
> Cheers,
> Chris
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We tried a project a couple of years ago to power and ARM MCU off of the heat from a Pentium. We used a Stirling engine, and it damn near worked before we run out of time. Don't think there would be enough energy to power and display though, unless you serve your drinks at 2,500^C ;-)
Scottish coffee could be a regular coffee served with some Short Bread?
Cheers, Chris
> -----Original Message----- > From: shdc@googlegroups.com [mailto:shdc@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of derek > Sent: 23 November 2007 12:16 > To: SuperHappyDevClub > Subject: [shdc] Re: Pixely mug
> Could the display be powered by the heat from the liquid in the mug? > Thus giving you an excuse to keep the Scottish coffees* flowing!
> * I don't actually know what a Scottish coffee would involve, > it would have to be different from an Irish one. Maybe some > Drambuie. Mmm mmm.... It's fine, it's after midday.
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On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 08:16 -0800, Simon Ford wrote: > Perhaps a job for the e-ink style technology (or some other similar > types) which i believe only consume power when changing.
One can buy (if one has enough money) a dev kit for an e-ink display.
I didn't realise this but plastic logic seem to have some link with the e-ink technology. I should get on to the person I met (once) and see if I can blag some samples from them...
> I didn't realise this but plastic logic seem to have some link with the
> e-ink technology. I should get on to the person I met (once) and see if
> I can blag some samples from them...
Now thats what i'm talking about. No good talking about it if we can
have a play :)
