I Built a MTA Subway Display So I'd Stop Checking My Phone
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HN · launched Mar 20, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 71%) · 0 views
Niche: smart home and iot devices · 59 launches, 2 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Travel & hospitality
- Hardware & robotics
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 59 launches in smart home and iot devices →
Could you build this?
Yes As demonstrated in the post itself, this was built via Claude using off-the-shelf hardware (Raspberry Pi Zero and e-ink panel) connected to public MTA GTFS transit feeds.
Discussion
No comments on this launch.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 96 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #68 of 97 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 137 days after the earliest competitor.
- I built a "Do not disturb" Device for my home office · hn · 2026-01-03 · 99 upvotes · similarity 0.48
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- App that shows your screen-free hours every time you look at your phone · hn · 2026-06-04 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- I built a tiny camera that knows where it is · hn · 2026-09-15 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- I Built a Museum Exhibit · hn · 2026-05-02 · 39 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- I made an app that blurs my screen when I slouch · hn · 2026-01-24 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- Weird Clocks · hn · 2026-04-06 · 53 upvotes · similarity 0.40
- My Personal Weather Station · hn · 2026-10-19 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.40
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