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Re: DIY Cellphone

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Post by GuiA »

The creator of this is David Mellis, who is one of the creators of the Arduino project. Apparently he's now in Leah Buechley's group at the Media Lab, which does some great work: http://hlt.media.mit.edu

This is fantastic, and I'm excited to see what more David will be working on in the future; his dissertation will be an interesting one :)

Re: DIY Cellphone

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Post by pcunite »

Cool ... this gives me hope for the future I want.

The day will come when we will all hold cell phone shaped PCs. You'll be able to interact with them as you do now. However, when placed within 10 feet of a keyboard or mouse, they'll automatically (configurable) and wirelessly use those peripherals ... keyboard and monitors on the fly baby!

Imagine optional super thin foldable displays to pack in the bag ... keyboards too ... or, go big and use production color accurate displays like my NEC 2490WUXi2. Thus making our own like this seems appropriate.

Re: DIY Cellphone

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Post by krapp »

pcunite wrote: post #3

Cool ... this gives me hope for the future I want. The day will come when we will all hold cell phone shaped PCs. You'll be able to interact with them as you do now. However, when placed within 10 feet of a keyboard or mouse, they'll automatically (configurable) and wirelessly use those peripherals ... keyboard and monitors on the fly baby! Imagine optional super thin foldable displays to pack in the bag ... keyboard…

So in the future if I carry a keyboard around folded up in my pocket I can get root on any phone within ten feet? Neato.

Re the actual article - very interesting. Wish I knew how to solder. Reminds me of the ancient days when people bought their computers as kits.

Re: DIY Cellphone

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Post by pcunite »

krapp wrote: post #6
pcunite wrote: post #3

Cool ... this gives me hope for the future I want. The day will come when we will all hold cell phone shaped PCs. You'll be able to interact with them as you do now. However, when placed within 10 feet of a keyboard or mouse, they'll automatically (configurable) and wirelessly use those peripherals ... keyboard and monitors on the fly baby! Imagine optional super thin foldable displays to pack in the bag ... keyboard…

So in the future if I carry a keyboard around folded up in my pocket I can get root on any phone within ten feet? Neato. Re the actual article - very interesting. Wish I knew how to solder. Reminds me of the ancient days when people bought their computers as kits.

Keyboard and mouse availability ... it will be configurable. In your own home you'll be able to move from display to display as needed.

Re: DIY Cellphone

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Post by eksith »

GuiA wrote: post #2

The creator of this is David Mellis, who is one of the creators of the Arduino project. Apparently he's now in Leah Buechley's group at the Media Lab, which does some great work: http://hlt.media.mit.edu This is fantastic, and I'm excited to see what more David will be working on in the future; his dissertation will be an interesting one :)

I can't wait either!

I've seen a few DIY projects here and there involving GSM, but his name is what really caught my eye in the first place.

You may also find these interesting:

http://www.open-electronics.org/gsm-gps-shield-for-arduino/

http://www.instructables.com/id/ArduinoPhone/

I'm sure there's room to mix and match improvements.

Re: DIY Cellphone

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Post by krapp »

pcunite wrote: post #7
krapp wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So in the future if I carry a keyboard around folded up in my pocket I can get root on any phone within ten feet? Neato. Re the actual article - very interesting. Wish I knew how to solder. Reminds me of the ancient days when people bought their computers as kits.

Keyboard and mouse availability ... it will be configurable. In your own home you'll be able to move from display to display as needed.

That does sound interesting, actually.

I might like to have some kind of charging pad that does it, you just take your phone out and toss it on the pad and there you are. Have it be 'automatic' only while in contact with a specific surface.

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