Built a $600 family calendar display for $80

His wife wanted a Skylight wall calendar, the kind that costs about $600. He built his own for $80 on a 32 inch smart TV, with the family calendar, chores, meals, the home cameras, and voice control, and says AI did most of the building.

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How it works

Put the display on a 32 inch smart TV with a Fire TV remote
Had AI build most of the software
Added the family calendar
Added chores and meals
Added the home cameras and voice control

Why it’s worth knowing

A $600 wall calendar turned out to be a TV plus software an AI mostly built for him at home.

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Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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