E-Fortune Cookie Will Humble, But Never Crumble
The E-Fortune Cookie is a gadget that combines technology with the traditional fortune cookie concept. It features an e-paper display that shows fortunes and can store over 3,000 of them. Additionally, it includes modes for rolling dice and flipping coins, all activated by shaking the device.
- ▪The E-Fortune Cookie uses an ESP32 microcontroller and an e-paper display.
- ▪It can store more than 3,000 fortunes and operates offline.
- ▪The device includes additional features like a dice roller and a coin flipper.
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E-Fortune Cookie Will Humble, But Never Crumble No comments by: Kristina Panos May 21, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Will your next project be a success? Only time will tell, but if you build [gokux]’s tiny ESP32 fortune cookie, we predict that, at the very least, there won’t be any crumbs involved. After briefly entertaining the idea of shoving an ESP32 in a standard fortune cookie, [gokux] thought better of it and came up with this instead. Once shaken, this small gadget displays a fortune on its e-paper screen. It can store over 3,000 fortunes and works entirely offline, so you’re never without an oracle. Inside you’ll find a Seeed Xiao ESP32-S3 Plus and a matching e-paper display board.
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