From hobby
to innovation.
UkieLab is a one-person lab that designs Wi-Fi e-ink displays — quiet screens that show one useful thing and stay readable in any lit room, like paper. Every device is designed, built and packed by hand in New Jersey.
Watchung, New JerseyConnecting the world one gadget at a time.
I believe in the power of connection — between devices, people and the environment. That’s why each gadget is thoughtfully designed, easy to use, and crafted to help you stay connected wherever you are.
Every UkieLab display follows the same rule: show one thing well, on a screen that looks like paper, with no app and no subscription. Thank you for supporting a small business as it grows into the next generation of quiet, useful screens.
One person, four steps, no factory.
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It starts with an itch
Every device begins as something worth glancing at: the tide before a fishing trip, the week’s schedule for the family, the weather without unlocking a phone.
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Board and firmware
I design the electronics around an ESP32 microcontroller and write the firmware myself — the part that fetches the data, draws the screen and sleeps between refreshes.
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Printed, not molded
Cases are made in small batches here in Watchung, so a hinge or a magnet pocket can be improved the same week someone points it out.
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Tested and packed by hand
Each unit is flashed, joined to Wi-Fi and checked on its own screen before it’s packed with a printed guide. If something isn’t right, you write to the person who built it.
Six things about the devices I build.
Kitchens, workshops, boats, offices.
Most UkieLab displays end up on a fridge door or a shelf at home — but a quiet, always-on screen fits many more places: a workshop, a boat, an office, a classroom. If you have a place in mind, I’d like to hear about it.