technabob » vending http://technabob.com/blog gadgets, gizmos, games, cool gadgets, geeky gadgets Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:53:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 the digital newspaper machine mash up http://technabob.com/blog/2007/06/21/the-digital-newspaper-machine-mash-up/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/06/21/the-digital-newspaper-machine-mash-up/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:58:21 +0000 technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/06/21/the-digital-newspaper-machine-mash-up/ Click to View Embedded Video Clip He put together the system using a Mac Mini and a 17-inch…]]> This has gotta be the best hack I’ve seen in a while…

DigitalBox Digital Newspaper Machine

Scott Walker’s DigitalBox Newspaper Machine automatically displays the day’s latest news on an LCD screen that’s installed in the front of an old newspaper vending machine.

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He put together the system using a Mac Mini and a 17-inch LG monitor locked away inside the guts of the machine. Some custom AppleScript pulls down images of the newspapers from Newseum and formats them for optimal viewing on the screen. In addition, the DigitalBox plays slideshows, music and videos from iTunes.

[via MAKE]

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