Has anyone ever of an organization that like Second Harvest Food Bank but collects cellphone chargers and TVs?
Fan Zhu
I met this guy at an event on Friday. He had this: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100487471230608&set=a.10100453046388268.2488395.6711485&type=3&theater – called a Raspberry-Pi. Has anyone heard of or played this? I want to get one just to play around.
I hear it’s basically a $30 computer that you can power with a cellphone charger and use with a TV as a screen - I've got both - though a really old TV/VCR player.
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• Timers
• Interrupt controller
• GPIO
• USB
• PCM / I2S
• DMA controller
• I2C master
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I can send you a detailed pdf if interested. The guy I heard about this from got it because he had a nametag printer but didn’t want to get a $300 computer to carry around with it.
Where do old TVs and cellphone chargers go? If there are organizations that collect the rest of what's needed to make what is essentially an internet accessible computer for $30, seems like the next step would be an organization capable of sourcing these parts and scraps to facilitate internet adoption, computer literacy, and general tech-affinity right? I wonder if it would be possible to implement just-in-time production like Dell does to avoid having to pay for storage... maybe if there's a large enough network of sourcing partners?
Robert Munn
Seems to me there is a senior food bank in town that collects used electronics for recycling and uses the money for their programs. I can't recall the name offhand, I believe it is located around the hospital area.
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However I personally recommend using Hope Services www.hopeservices.org on Lincoln close to the Nick. My company partners with them in electronics recycling because of all the good they do for special needs folks.
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Josh Brandt
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 02:18:43AM -0700, Fan Zhu wrote:
> I met this guy at an event on Friday. He had this:
> get
> one just to play around.
Josh
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The Spoon
W.
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 02:18:43AM -0700, Fan Zhu wrote:I met this guy at an event on Friday. He had this: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100487471230608&set=a.10100453046388268.2488395.6711485&type=3&theater? called a Raspberry-Pi. Has anyone heard of or played this? I want to get one just to play around.I have one on my desk right now. It's pretty cute. Josh
Alan Hawrylyshen
We are playing with them at UBEW.
a l a n a t p o l y p h a s e d o t c a
Fan Zhu
Can you message me offline? I'd love to chat more about what UBEW does.
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The Spoon
Any questions? What kind of things are you looking for? We just held a basic soldering and open-ended tech play time last week.
Wes
The Spoon
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Robyn McIntyre
Josh Brandt
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 01:20:18PM -0700, Robyn McIntyre wrote:
> Since you all have been discussing Raspberry Pi, thought you might be
> interested in this Tech Republic article:
> http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/raspberry-pi-essential-add-ons-for-modders-and-everyday-users/6378529?tag=nl.e099
I'm currently running Debian. It's not FAST or anything-- nethack compiles
in about 3 hours, which is comparable to an old SunOS machine. (Yes, I do
mean SunOS and not Solaris.) X is quite slow as well, but not particularly
optimized. Straight-up video playback (using one of the demo programs
included with the Debian distro) is very good.
I haven't gotten much farther than nethack with it, but it certainly looks
very snazzy in its laser-etched acrylic case.
Bryan Zimmer
-Bryan
Josh Brandt
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 01:47:40PM -0700, Bryan Zimmer wrote:
> Jealous. I've been wanting one for a while but they can't make them fast enough to meet the demand.
> -Bryan
You can come by and look at it sometime if you want. It's shiiiiny.
The Spoon
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Josh Brandt
Sure, here:
http://www.adafruit.com/products/859
Josh
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John Haskey
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012, The Spoon wrote:
> Josh, can you send a link to the case?
>
https://www.adafruit.com/products/859
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