$25 computer size of a credit card
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yeeeahhhh, dropped the ball on that one
http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/152088-damn-raspberry-pi.html
http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/152088-damn-raspberry-pi.html
So what can this thing do that a nice smartphone that has been wiped and runs the same Linux build can't?
No actually it was free (with a contract, which I was going to buy anyway). And I do have 2 old gen iphones just laying around.
You can buy decent android phones for under $100, some are even $50. Doesn't have to be an iPhone.
lol at them being affordable options for kids to learn programming. The only people buying these are neckbeards with a house already full of perfectly functional old PC's. I don't see how it's any better than a phone for programming shit, phones even come with cameras, 3G, GPS and a battery!
Exactly... Thanks for posting this. I was unaware. this is absolutely amazing... Globally this will be huge. Singularity is near guys.
whats so fancy. Here in India one company has invented UBI slate 7+ (previous version Aaksh Tablet 7+) and is available commercially for $60.
By the end of January, 2012 pre-orders for UbiSlate 7+ have crossed two million.
Aakash (tablet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
By the end of January, 2012 pre-orders for UbiSlate 7+ have crossed two million.
Aakash (tablet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Singularity fascinates me. Soon the newest Ivy Bridge processors will be the size of a grain of sand and fit in our ultra-small cellphones, enabling the entire power of your desktop in a totally mobile device.
Obviously we're going to get to the point this decade where the entire power of your computer goes with you everywhere. Even scuba diving. Most people will no longer own desktops anymore, they'll just plug their phone into a monitor at their desk(s).
The conflict here is that for handheld gadgets to get any more useful than they are in the current smartphone configuration, they're going to need to perfect the expanding screen. I know a couple of companies are working on this and I've heard of three approaches.
All three would start with a typical smartphone shape, perhaps a little smaller. Then they would either:
A. FOLD open, doubling their screen size. This has the ugly tradeoff of a black line down the fold but they're making it very thin. I see this as a temp fix, because screens don't get big enough this way to be a full workstation.
B. SCROLL out some flexible OLED screen. Sony is working on this but if the height of the screen is only 5.5 inches tall, then it doesn't matter how wide the screen goes, it's never going to be shaped like a desktop either. -Of course it might turn a cell phone into a great tablet. Look for these next Christmas.
C. PROJECTING the monitor. They can project a high-quality display on a nearby wall right now, but the power supply in the smartphone isn't big enough to keep it going for long. There is also a way to project the KEYBOARD on the desk in front of you too, so you can type full-speed with nothing but your cellphone in front of you. This obviously would suck more juice too, so in order for C to happen they'll need to drastically up the efficiency of Li-on batteries.
Luckily MIT has found that if you inject LI-ON with bubbles it does just that. Battery prices should start dropping by next Christmas too.
After that? I'm guessing the next form factor will be in glasses. You'll see the keyboard and the monitor in the air, but they only exist on the screen of your lenses. The whole PC will eventually micronize down to simply fit inside the glasses' frame, but the power supply will once again be the holdup. (Not to mention it'll get warm!) But we've solved bigger problems than these before, so I'm going to expect my full-PC pair of glasses with 3D display by 2030.
Obviously we're going to get to the point this decade where the entire power of your computer goes with you everywhere. Even scuba diving. Most people will no longer own desktops anymore, they'll just plug their phone into a monitor at their desk(s).
The conflict here is that for handheld gadgets to get any more useful than they are in the current smartphone configuration, they're going to need to perfect the expanding screen. I know a couple of companies are working on this and I've heard of three approaches.
All three would start with a typical smartphone shape, perhaps a little smaller. Then they would either:
A. FOLD open, doubling their screen size. This has the ugly tradeoff of a black line down the fold but they're making it very thin. I see this as a temp fix, because screens don't get big enough this way to be a full workstation.
B. SCROLL out some flexible OLED screen. Sony is working on this but if the height of the screen is only 5.5 inches tall, then it doesn't matter how wide the screen goes, it's never going to be shaped like a desktop either. -Of course it might turn a cell phone into a great tablet. Look for these next Christmas.
C. PROJECTING the monitor. They can project a high-quality display on a nearby wall right now, but the power supply in the smartphone isn't big enough to keep it going for long. There is also a way to project the KEYBOARD on the desk in front of you too, so you can type full-speed with nothing but your cellphone in front of you. This obviously would suck more juice too, so in order for C to happen they'll need to drastically up the efficiency of Li-on batteries.
Luckily MIT has found that if you inject LI-ON with bubbles it does just that. Battery prices should start dropping by next Christmas too.
After that? I'm guessing the next form factor will be in glasses. You'll see the keyboard and the monitor in the air, but they only exist on the screen of your lenses. The whole PC will eventually micronize down to simply fit inside the glasses' frame, but the power supply will once again be the holdup. (Not to mention it'll get warm!) But we've solved bigger problems than these before, so I'm going to expect my full-PC pair of glasses with 3D display by 2030.
Luke the glasses part is basically the virtual reality. Playing games that way is gonna be fucking exciting. Imagine you literally in the game experiencing everything
Actually, it'll just be Augmented reality. You would get some serious bruises if your glasses displayed real virtual reality games in them obscuring your real-world view.
I don't have to imagine it son, I was playing around in Virtual Reality when you were in diapers back in the early 90's with these things:
I've shot down more Dactyls than you would believe. The effect is still pretty unrealistic these days though so virtual reality is still not viable to my knowledge, even with the advanced graphics cards we can make today.
Actually, it'll just be Augmented reality. You would get some serious bruises if your glasses displayed real virtual reality games in them obscuring your real-world view.
I don't have to imagine it son, I was playing around in Virtual Reality when you were in diapers back in the early 90's with these things:
I've shot down more Dactyls than you would believe. The effect is still pretty unrealistic these days though so virtual reality is still not viable to my knowledge, even with the advanced graphics cards we can make today.
on a side note this looks pretty awesome
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg8Bh5iI2WY]Ultimate Battlefield 3 Simulator - Build & Test (Full Video) - The Gadget Show - YouTube[/ame]
We're there people, the next decade should be fun as shit
All the cool shit from terminator just overlaid on your normal vision is right around the corner. Imagine bluetooth to contact lenses doing facial recognition that evaluates based on a social cloud of likes and other rating metrics that you find important.
The world's information available to everyone and anyone like when you visit a historical monument, you can watch the battles happen.
Not interested in history? How about a training course for education that happens at birth to speed the process up of learning. The limitations of our brains and time (parents can do what they need to 24/7) will no longer be an issue.
True, like all things there's lots of fucking evil that can come from this ... but realistically, it's almost evolutionary because our brain's capacity for learning and RETENTION OF KNOWLEDGE increases exponentially.
All the cool shit from terminator just overlaid on your normal vision is right around the corner. Imagine bluetooth to contact lenses doing facial recognition that evaluates based on a social cloud of likes and other rating metrics that you find important.
The world's information available to everyone and anyone like when you visit a historical monument, you can watch the battles happen.
Not interested in history? How about a training course for education that happens at birth to speed the process up of learning. The limitations of our brains and time (parents can do what they need to 24/7) will no longer be an issue.
True, like all things there's lots of fucking evil that can come from this ... but realistically, it's almost evolutionary because our brain's capacity for learning and RETENTION OF KNOWLEDGE increases exponentially.
