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Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by dchuk » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 6:04 PM UTC

joshu wrote: post #7

Anyone have any thoughts on how to do the display side of this in VERY low power? Are there cheap android tablets or whatever that might be suitable? I want to do something like this but don't need to consume tons of watts...

One of these would probably work great: http://www.mimomonitors.com/

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by wulczer » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 6:05 PM UTC

asmosoinio wrote: post #9

Do you have a story for the name? The first thing I thought of was "duck duck go is going real-time?".

This photo of two of the founders when they were 12 years and 60 pounds younger should explain it http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18461275/Ducksboard-founders.jpg

Go, Anaheim Ducks!

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by qeorge » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 6:09 PM UTC

wulczer wrote: post #2

If you have any questions, I'll be here all day ;)

Really want to try it out, but I've been waiting for an invite since 6/1/2011. :)

Anything you can do? george@illuminatikarate.com

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by wulczer » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 6:16 PM UTC

qeorge wrote: post #13

wulczer wrote: post #2

If you have any questions, I'll be here all day ;)

Really want to try it out, but I've been waiting for an invite since 6/1/2011. :) Anything you can do? george@illuminatikarate.com

Ooops!

Sure, you'll have yours today. You had a bit of rotten luck, as precisely on that day we turned down the flow of invites.

Sorry to keep you waiting ;)

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by qeorge » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 6:30 PM UTC

wulczer wrote: post #14

qeorge wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really want to try it out, but I've been waiting for an invite since 6/1/2011. :) Anything you can do? george@illuminatikarate.com

Ooops! Sure, you'll have yours today. You had a bit of rotten luck, as precisely on that day we turned down the flow of invites. Sorry to keep you waiting ;)

No worries, thanks a lot!

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by aw3c2 » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 7:09 PM UTC

After clicking through several pages to find out what on earth ducksboard is it turned out to be NOT a physical screen device. Meh.

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by abarrera » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 7:57 PM UTC

Great work guys!! Looking forward to see more integration and new widgets! As I said before would love to have more info on the graphing widgets ;)

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by joshu » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 8:05 PM UTC

wulczer wrote: post #8

joshu wrote: post #7

Anyone have any thoughts on how to do the display side of this in VERY low power? Are there cheap android tablets or whatever that might be suitable? I want to do something like this but don't need to consume tons of watts...

We have plans to make an interface that's less bling-heavy and more power-friendly, but it won't hit production anytime soon. Another way is to simply write your own visualisation. If you're interested in getting early-alpha-unstable-omg access to the read APIs (HTTP and WebSockets), shoot us an email to hello@ducksboard.com

I meant on the hardware side. A PC + display takes up, what, 40 watts minimum?

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by joshu » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 8:06 PM UTC

dchuk wrote: post #11

joshu wrote: post #7

Anyone have any thoughts on how to do the display side of this in VERY low power? Are there cheap android tablets or whatever that might be suitable? I want to do something like this but don't need to consume tons of watts...

One of these would probably work great: http://www.mimomonitors.com/

Still requires a PC to run it, right?

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by pivotal » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 8:25 PM UTC

Neat idea, although I think you need to make it a bit clearer what the product is on that page. I had to click a few times to get the executive summary. That being said, I'm a bit grumpy I didn't try to develop a similar idea I had a while ago.