Joggler
Simon Ford
http://yourfamily.o2.co.uk/o2familyjoggler
Simon
Jonathan Austin
Check out the Verizon Hub http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/vzhub/overview.jsp. Similar idea...
Dan Ros
> I do! Nice to see the idea (semi) vindicated...
>
> Check out the Verizon Hub
> http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/vzhub/overview.jsp. Similar idea...
>
As I was saying to Simon today, both devices seem to be massively
overcomplicated. This line from the verizon blurb says it all:
A Fresh Way to Stay Informed
Use V CAST to watch video on your home phone.
Is it just me, or is that an absurd suggestion? I can't imagine
anything i'd rather do less than watch video on a wired landline
telephone.
Surely you'd want something extremely simple, with a calendar on one
half of the screen, and a free scribbling area on the other half. No
news and sport, no games, no music player. Just an electronic
whiteboard with calendar, which allows you to view the contents of the
whiteboard from any web browser. Oh, also the size should be about the
same as a 17" screen, wall-mounted.
</rant>
Jonathan Austin
Simon
>
> > > Check out the Verizon Hub
> > >http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/vzhub/overview.jsp. Similar idea...
a browser pane that loads from a url, with absolutely no purpose.
Then, web2.0 company X sell it (perhaps even rebadge it) as their
product with the configured url (i.e. service).
Then of course, over time with an install base, other co's could
spring up with other services to add on, but that isn't the main focus
("appstore" if you want to get marketroids singing!)
And i've got another little hardware feature trick up my sleeve which
i think could make this very unique/enable new things. But i'll save
that for a SHDC discussion :)
Simon
Simon
> a browser pane that loads from a url, with absolutely no purpose.
http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/sailingdigital/product-detailtbSmGuKTJPVM/China-Ipadpc-10-2-WiFi-Touch-Screen-Digital-Photo-Frame-SP-1021W-.html
only need another 9,999 people to want one (this month!)
I'm sure there must be some good ones about we can take over and get a
basic linux distro running on. Or some place we can find cheap
touchscreen lcds and attach it to a SBC to make one. Pointers welcome!
Simon
Henry Gomersall
> Anyone want to join in on an order for this?:
>
> http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/sailingdigital/product-detailtbSmGuKTJPVM/China-Ipadpc-10-2-WiFi-Touch-Screen-Digital-Photo-Frame-SP-1021W-.html
>
Do you have to buy 10,000 or is it that that's the maximum production
they can achieve?
Looks pretty cool.
Although the n800 is a bit small, I'm sure it could be played with for
proof of concept (and you already have one!).
Henry
Henry Gomersall
> basic linux distro running on. Or some place we can find cheap
> touchscreen lcds and attach it to a SBC to make one. Pointers welcome!
Just as I was sending the last email, I looked down and noticed an email
from Chumby.
They have (full?) hardware specs on the site for customisation. It was
designed from the outside for hacking on.
Cheers,
hen
Simon
> from Chumby.
>
> http://www.chumby.com/
>
> They have (full?) hardware specs on the site for customisation. It was
> designed from the outside for hacking on.
version :)
http://hackaday.com/2009/01/20/chumby-digital-picture-frame-teardown/
Simon
James Greenwood
top of a cheap or old TFT? I have a 386 laptop that I was banging on
about to Simon, it's silent, passively cooled, quite compact – I'm
adamant that even with it's limited capibilites there must be a use
for it. Or even just an old Pentium laptop stripped down. Surely you
could recreate this in a more hackfest stylee?
Henry Gomersall
> I have a 386 laptop that I was banging on
> about to Simon, it's silent, passively cooled, quite compact
wow, a 386. I remember those. What could they do again?
hen
Dan Ros
I have a pair of very nice Toughbook T1 touchscreen P3 laptops . But
no, I'm not allowed to rip them apart :(
James Greenwood
> wow, a 386. I remember those. What could they do again?
>
> hen
Actually, I lied! It is a 486 DX-2 50 MHz beast of a laptop. Tthis one
unfortunately is limited to a 800 x 600 resolution in 256 colours on
the VGA output, so that kind of limits its tasks quite considerably if
it was to be at all visually/graphically oriented. I was thinking a
silent, standalone torrent server but even that is very difficult with
4 MiB of RAM!
2009/6/3 Dan Ros <ivi...@gmail.com>:
>
> I have a pair of very nice Toughbook T1 touchscreen P3 laptops . But
> no, I'm not allowed to rip them apart :(
>
Damn, well – if anyone has an old P1-type laptop that can output a
sizeable resolution and bit depth to its VGA, is small/silent, has a
reasonable amount of power and RAM, and doesn't mind ripping it up for
the sake of hacking... :)
Henry Gomersall
> Damn, well – if anyone has an old P1-type laptop that can output a
> sizeable resolution and bit depth to its VGA, is small/silent, has a
> reasonable amount of power and RAM, and doesn't mind ripping it up for
> the sake of hacking... :)
>
powerful!
hen
Tim Thornton
Howsabout this for a product: An OEM wifi touchscreen lcd that is just
> > > I do! Nice to see the idea (semi) vindicated...
>
> > > Check out the Verizon Hub
> > >http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/vzhub/overview.jsp. Similar idea...
a browser pane that loads from a url, with absolutely no purpose.
Then, web2.0 company X sell it (perhaps even rebadge it) as their
product with the configured url (i.e. service).
Then of course, over time with an install base, other co's could
spring up with other services to add on, but that isn't the main focus
("appstore" if you want to get marketroids singing!)
Jonathan Austin
I have that old P3 that I bought to SHDC a few times - with a CF card instead of a disk it'd be completely silent, and has a nice Sharp display... good viewing angles for a laptop of its age :)
That can be ripped up too.
James Greenwood
> This is crazy talk. Surely something like the mbed is much more
> powerful!
True, but it's the pure satisfaction of repurposing/reusing otherwise
totally defunct old hardware.
2009/6/3 Jonathan Austin <j.m.a...@gmail.com>:
>
> I have that old P3 that I bought to SHDC a few times - with a CF card
> instead of a disk it'd be completely silent, and has a nice Sharp display...
> good viewing angles for a laptop of its age :)
>
> That can be ripped up too.
>
Awesome! There's surely something creative we can hack it into...
Henry Gomersall
> just
> > a browser pane that loads from a url, with absolutely no purpose.
Just found out about this...
http://www.watterott.com/micro2440-with-SDK-and-7-Color-LCD-Touch-Panel
Jonathan Austin
On Wed, 2009-06-03 at 00:07 -0700, Simon wrote:
> > Howsabout this for a product: An OEM wifi touchscreen lcd that is
> just
> > a browser pane that loads from a url, with absolutely no purpose.
Simon
>
> ?
Yeah, that'd do it!
nothing about my secret special sauce idea. might have to have a go at
building that on sat. btw, anyone know much about openID? (not
related, honest :P)
Simon