[QUOTE=nikomo;34853260]It has fuse in the name, it's a fuse.
Yeah, they're resettable fuses.
It shuts down the device, that way you know you went over 1A and don't damage the device.[/QUOTE]
It's the same idea as circuit breaker.
A circuit breaker does the exact same thing as a fuse except you don't have to replace anything when it gets too much current and switches off.
[editline]25th February 2012[/editline]
Anyway, I can't wait to get my hands on one of these and use to run XBMC.
Runs quake 3 on 12 frames? sold.
[quote=http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/696]A brief status update for those of you wondering when boards are going to arrive. As you may have gathered, there’s been a delay at the factory; we’ve been assured this morning that a first batch of boards will ship to us either today or first thing Monday.
In other news, if you don’t own an alarm clock, this weekend might be a good time to do some shopping.[/quote]
eee
[QUOTE=BlkDucky;34863574]eee[/QUOTE]
Taking bets on how quickly the first batch sells out / how long it takes for the site to go down from load
Shit, I'm buying the 35$ the second it goes on sale. Is it coming with a case?
no...
Would there be any possibility that this could fit in an Xbox Original controller?
[QUOTE=The freeman;34864175]Would there be any possibility that this could fit in an Xbox Original controller?[/QUOTE]
You could fit a full-sized computer case in one of those.
I am definitely going to build a PipBoy sort of thing out of this. Having a portable wrist-mounted computer is just too useful not to try.
I don't see the practicality in having a computer on your wrist, especially if you have a smartphone.
[QUOTE=n0cturni;34868824]I don't see the practicality in having a computer on your wrist, especially if you have a smartphone.[/QUOTE]
[quote]practicality[/quote]
I think you're missing the point. :v:
Who wouldn't want a working pip boy just for the sake of having it?
[QUOTE=n0cturni;34868824]I don't see the practicality in having a computer on your wrist, especially if you have a smartphone.[/QUOTE]
Modularity. There are a lot of things a Linux-based wrist computer could be built to do with relatively little effort. Microphone recording, wireless remote camera control, Arduino compatibility, mobile gaming, GPS functions, stuff like that. An affordable wrist computer would be able to fulfill whatever day-to-day needs or wants you have, and as an added bonus wouldn't require a data plan to operate.
Think of it as essentially a more open-source smartphone you can build from the ground up, with all the functionality and capability of a computer. There's a lot of potential there.
I think the point was most people have a phone / ipod / zune thing that can do most of that already. The only difference is one takes up quite a bit of room on your wrist and the other fits in your pocket.
Yeah and like everyone has a smartphone, that's no fun
you'll get [I]covered in pussy[/I] the second you stroll into somewhere wielding a fully functional pipboy
I'd probably get one of these if I wasn't afraid I'd destroy the thing with the usb ports and power requirements [sp]and if i could make a case for a pipboy[/sp]
[QUOTE=thrawn2787;34874508]I'd probably get one of these if I wasn't afraid I'd destroy the thing with the usb ports and power requirements [sp]and if i could make a case for a pipboy[/sp][/QUOTE]
I'm going to see if I can make a wrist computer, but I know I'm probably going to have some trouble making it pipboy sized, so I'm just going to abondon the pipboy style and make the case myself, by cutting a foam block the size and shape of it, then covering it with strips of fiberglass cloth and coating it with epoxy. Then, you just saw it in half and scrape out the foam, bingo, you got a home made case.
My dad and I made a propeller and rudder for a hovercraft a few years ago, so I still have a hotwire for cutting foam and all the fiberglass stuff I need.
[QUOTE=thrawn2787;34873772]I think the point was most people have a phone / ipod / zune thing that can do most of that already. The only difference is one takes up quite a bit of room on your wrist and the other fits in your pocket.[/QUOTE]
For tech-oriented people who can make use of what the machine offers, that's not the only difference. There's so much more you can do with a computer running an open-source operating system and compatible with a HUGE variety of consumer electronics than with just a smartphone.
For example, you'd no longer need to carry a laptop or netbook. Just get a foldable keyboard and, if you want a larger screen, a projector display. Or give it an ethernet controller, and use it as an extremely portable network diagnostic tool. Or connect to a portable camera via a USB or Firewire interface, and stream live video to the Internet. And it would provide all the software functionality of a real computer- word processing, slideshow presentations, wireless printing, coding, all that fun stuff, readily accessible.
Smartphones can do so many cool things, but they still don't have all the capabilities of computers. I think this device might just be able to bridge that gap, providing the functionality of a computer with the portability and flexibility of a smartphone. That's what I'm hoping for.
[QUOTE=catbarf;34879810]For tech-oriented people who can make use of what the machine offers, that's not the only difference. There's so much more you can do with a computer running an open-source operating system and compatible with a HUGE variety of consumer electronics than with just a smartphone.
For example, you'd no longer need to carry a laptop or netbook. Just get a foldable keyboard and, if you want a larger screen, a projector display. Or give it an ethernet controller, and use it as an extremely portable network diagnostic tool. Or connect to a portable camera via a USB or Firewire interface, and stream live video to the Internet. And it would provide all the software functionality of a real computer- word processing, slideshow presentations, wireless printing, coding, all that fun stuff, readily accessible.
Smartphones can do so many cool things, but they still don't have all the capabilities of computers. I think this device might just be able to bridge that gap, providing the functionality of a computer with the portability and flexibility of a smartphone. That's what I'm hoping for.[/QUOTE]
Isn't that what tablets do? Especially Linux tablets?
[QUOTE=Arcana;34879909]Isn't that what tablets do? Especially Linux tablets?[/QUOTE]
Yes, it's exactly what tablets do. The idea is to essentially build a more compact, more ergonomic tablet for a much lower price, and with added flexibility and customization. Tablets are great, but their main problem is that while better than laptops, they're still too bulky to really use on the go. I'm thinking a smaller device could solve that.
There's a guy in the [url=http://revision3.com/hak5/cyborgponies]latest episode of Hak5[/url] who uses a wearable computer (he has a neurological impairment that affects reading, so the computer helps him with that.
He's got a chord keyboard on his left arm and a really tiny screen that goes on his left eye.
He gets like 8 hours of battery life with his current setup, and he's just using a stripped-down Cr48 (Chromebook, Core2Duo CPU I think), I really want to know how a Raspberry would change his setup in terms of weight and power consumption.
He can't use ARM though, speech synth that he uses doesn't work on ARM.
[QUOTE=nikomo;34880474]There's a guy in the [url=http://revision3.com/hak5/cyborgponies]latest episode of Hak5[/url] who uses a wearable computer (he has a neurological impairment that affects reading, so the computer helps him with that.
He's got a chord keyboard on his left arm and a really tiny screen that goes on his left eye.
He gets like 8 hours of battery life with his current setup, and he's just using a stripped-down Cr48 (Chromebook, Core2Duo CPU I think), I really want to know how a Raspberry would change his setup in terms of weight and power consumption.
He can't use ARM though, speech synth that he uses doesn't work on ARM.[/QUOTE]
Atom, so a bit less power hungry.
[QUOTE=catbarf;34880008]Yes, it's exactly what tablets do. The idea is to essentially build a more compact, more ergonomic tablet for a much lower price, and with added flexibility and customization. Tablets are great, but their main problem is that while better than laptops, they're still too bulky to really use on the go. I'm thinking a smaller device could solve that.[/QUOTE]
What you're explaining seems similar to that Ubuntu on Android project. Also seems a bit more practical.
[QUOTE=Hexxeh;34880615]Atom, so a bit less power hungry.[/QUOTE]
Checked, specific Atom model is N455 (1.66GHz single-core with HyperThreading).
When on Monday will this be released? When can I buy it?
For those who want to build a pip-boy, this might be useful.
[url]http://forgeprops.bigcartel.com/product/pip-boy-3000[/url]
wish they told us time, im at school tomorrow :(.
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