The microprinter is an experiment in physical activity streams and notification, using a repurposed receipt printer connected to the web.
I use it for things like reminders, notifications, and my day at-a-glance, but anything that can be injected from the web and suits text only, short format messaging, will work.
M. Böhringer, и S. Barnes. Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Verona, Italy, June 08-10, 2009, стр. in press. (2009)