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ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport has a short story machine. You push a button, and it prints a story for you.

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Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport has a short story machine. You push a button, and it prints a story for you.

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ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 month ago
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    Looks like its this. https://short-edition.com/en/p/short-story-dispenser

    Wish it was open sourced.

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      Yes, this is it! I didn’t have time to grab a pic, thank you for finding it.

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      Do you want to open source the stories or the machine?

      The concept is good but technically it seems dead easy: three buttons, a raspberry pi or similar and a thermal printer connect via usb.

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        Does sound like a fun little project. Probably a DB or two online with an API to fiddle with.

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        I just want instructions to follow. I can maybe for the hardware but finding the stories is another thing.

        I see their site has links to all the stories but I’m not sure how to call one at random and format out only the story.

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