Very nice, but probably a bit too expensive to just hand out. I knew a chap that had a similar hardware business card (I don't remember exactly what it did, but it wasn't as cool as this one). I remember that his card was pretty scuffed up, and he insisted I give it back, after he handed it to me. Bit weird.
> but probably a bit too expensive to just hand out.
These are generally done as portfolio projects. It’s driving a lot of traffic to the website.
Producing a small number to hand out to potential freelance clients or job prospects is also common.
Very nice, but probably a bit too expensive to just hand out. I knew a chap that had a similar hardware business card (I don't remember exactly what it did, but it wasn't as cool as this one). I remember that his card was pretty scuffed up, and he insisted I give it back, after he handed it to me. Bit weird.
Maybe you wouldn’t give em to just anybody, but anybody who gets one is guaranteed to remember you! I’d probably even keep it in my desk to play with. After a few weeks I’d accidentally have this guy’s email/linkedin memorized for eternity
I am thinking how most of the people I get business cards from are people I've already invited in to my office and are discussing some potential business relationship. They've often flown to my city, staying in a hotel, paying for transport, meals, etc. The impression they make during that 1 hour meeting is paramount and I think this is certainly going to leave a lasting impression. Most of those business cards just get tossed into a drawer or trash bin, I bet people keep this one on their desk a play around with it.
Ha! That's pretty cool. My first thought with this card was that it could be "gamified" into something that kids would probably love. A clique-y, social thing where kids could "pour" some of their fluid into another's card, with NFC or something. User preference colors that don't change when "poured" could help indicate how many different people have interacted with your card. But enough spitballing. There's no kille…
Stuff like that is dead now btw (yes, it makes me sad too). Kids have iPhones; the idea is great but can just be an app. Which tbf makes more sense because you get the benefit of imu & everything else for that behaviour. Remember those little LCD cube block toys with the stick dudes that lived in 'em, then when you plug 'em together they interact? Those were the days.
The Movable Feast Machine (movablefeastmachine.org)
44 points by mekaj on Nov 20, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 11 comments
You can get boards like these made for single-digit dollars per unit* even at prototype scale, through companies like jlcpcb. *I haven't looked at the specific parts for this board, the LEDs look nice and could be a little pricey.
Boards, but can you get the pick and place and the soldering done? I wouldn't want to be soldering that many LEDs by hand!
That price is including PCBA. Without it would be <$1/board
Surprise no one's mentioned yet that the firmware is written in Rust. As someone who's struggled with getting started with embedded Rust (the landscape seems to be changing quite a lot?) it looks like a good example.
Also it's a bit startling to see floating-point code used so freely. Shows how rapidly the capabilities of MCUs have developed. 15 years ago, doing floating point on a microcontroller would be unspeakable /s
You’re going to get downvoted obviously but this appeared on Embedded (or electronics?) and then made its way here. It’s a bit telling the actual hacking communities are on “that awful site” that’s so beneath us, meanwhile our pristine HN is full of gushing AI ads as front page hacker material.
Maybe you wouldn’t give em to just anybody, but anybody who gets one is guaranteed to remember you! I’d probably even keep it in my desk to play with. After a few weeks I’d accidentally have this guy’s email/linkedin memorized for eternity
This is true. I remember a story linked from here, recently, where a designer submitted a CV that was a custom-made widget of some kind. He got the job.
In the way back days when we submitted our CVs on paper, I always cut mine to a smaller size than letter, in a branded folder. People tend to stack things with the smaller items on top. I don't know if mine actually was on top of the stack, but I can say that I basically always got the contract.