Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer [video]

Post by ketzo » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 8:08 PM UTC

dhc02 wrote: post #144

lanewinfield wrote: post #8

As far as I can tell, this is a single individual that has done all of this work. I am floored at the design and intricacy of this project. Really, truly blown away. I'm sure there are plenty of edge cases to correct for but I haven't gotten so excited by a demo in a long time. I've obviously signed up to learn more.

The UI of the dashboard alone would be an impressive feat for a single person. The algorithm that chooses the most likely/useful application for infinite possible combinations of modules would be an impressive feat for a single person. The multidisciplinary coding required to get all of these pieces to work together in a hot-swap way would be an impressive feat for a single person. The design and implementation of a…

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 8:36 PM UTC

dhc02 wrote: post #144

lanewinfield wrote: post #8

As far as I can tell, this is a single individual that has done all of this work. I am floored at the design and intricacy of this project. Really, truly blown away. I'm sure there are plenty of edge cases to correct for but I haven't gotten so excited by a demo in a long time. I've obviously signed up to learn more.

The UI of the dashboard alone would be an impressive feat for a single person. The algorithm that chooses the most likely/useful application for infinite possible combinations of modules would be an impressive feat for a single person. The multidisciplinary coding required to get all of these pieces to work together in a hot-swap way would be an impressive feat for a single person. The design and implementation of a…

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 8:45 PM UTC

whartung wrote: post #138

afarviral wrote: post #13

So cool. Anyone criticizing the real utility of one of these (e.g. calling it a toy) is not thinking long term. Over time a single unit could be repurposed for any number of distinct and serious usecases (home automation being the most natural fit, but many others), and this and its software are important steps toward a more robust and useful devices and less waste. Minitirized, waterproofed, secure and many more mod…

Honestly, it is a toy. A very cool toy, a very sophisticated toy, but a toy nonetheless. There were in the past, and I think still today, electronic sets that let you click together modules with magnets to make circuits. It was a very handsy, easy way to play with electronics. But, in the end, that's what it was -- play and exploration. The beauty of the concept is the easy interchange of the parts and such, and that…

Post by wrycoder » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 9:04 PM UTC

rileyphone wrote: post #112

roughly wrote: post #104

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Hey can we use like solarpunk or something instead for our collective imaginations? We’ve been kicking the tires on this cyberpunk thing for the last decade or two and it turns out they wrote that shit as a dystopia, so, it’d be good if we could like collectively Not build that part together.

I came across this yesterday: > Merveilles seems aligned with the ideals of Solarpunk while internally expecting the world of Cyberpunk, it is neither a utopian or dystopian vision, but a way of straddling both contingencies. https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/merveilles.html

Post by riskable » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 9:15 PM UTC

morcheeba wrote: post #145

pharke wrote: post #74

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I don't see why the contacts on the demonstrated devices would be any more vulnerable to the real world than the port on an iPhone. I'm not sure these devices would be mass market since some skill is required to understand and use the software but they would absolutely have a good run at serving the same size market as 3D printers. They could even work hand in hand with 3D printers by providing the 'brains' for proto…

Besides the wiping, these connectors are missing two other features: ESD protection and connection-sequencing. Most user-facing connectors have a metal shield around them connected to frame ground. The idea is that any ESD shock goes safely through this first instead of to a sensitive data line. Connection-sequencing ensures that the ground and power is connected before data lines are. If you look inside a cable-side…