The right device at the right time can spur all kinds of revolutions. Sous vide water bath cooking was based on a laboratory immersion heaters, the WRT54g router spawned OpenWRT et al., commodity arc welders became a key part of carbon 60 research, XBox Kinect sensors got repurposed for all sorts of proximity hacks. The recent fad for particular brands of child oriented power banks in the through hiking community is the most recent one I can think of.
So therefore it’s a long shot, but this device or a device like it could be the mutation that causes a Cambrian explosion in mobile hardware, albeit one where you ahen apparently need to glue the screen on yourself, post delivery. (See the below-fold video.)
I cross every one of my fingers!
> The recent fad for particular brands of child oriented power banks in the through hiking community is the most recent one I can think of.
This sounds interesting. Can you elaborate?
Through a chance piece of design, the leading power pack in terms of energy density is made by / branded on behalf of Haribo, a confectionary company:
What’s interesting is, like the other products, it was designed and marketed for one purpose but has become very popular for another. (Although in this case it could well just be a fashion, especially given how uniquely identifiable the product is.)
It's probably a reference to the Haribo power bank thing (which appears to be poorly made and dangerous).
It doesn't fit into the list as a revolution (or even 'evolution') as it's just a high-density, compact and cheap battery [1] that turns out to be quite unsafe [2].
Now it needs a 4G / 5G modem, and a camera, and it could be a compact phone,
Just found this Chinese Open Source HardWare site and wanted to share this cute project with you.
Site says it runs Linux
Does anyone have insights on how compatible that hardware might be? Or how it might compare to something like a Pinetab?
For some years I have been looking for a low cost tablet with good Linux support for use in home automation or information displays. Surprised there is still nothing like this in the Raspberry Pi ecosystem.
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The RK3568 is an interesting choice, why no the H700 or something with a good amount of mainline kernel support already?
I don’t know about the h700, but some of those allwinner chips used to be super cheap around Covid. I checked and didn’t find prices? Does anyone know where the price is now?
The right device at the right time can spur all kinds of revolutions. Sous vide water bath cooking was based on a laboratory immersion heaters, the WRT54g router spawned OpenWRT et al., commodity arc welders became a key part of carbon 60 research, XBox Kinect sensors got repurposed for all sorts of proximity hacks. The recent fad for particular brands of child oriented power banks in the through hiking community is the most recent one I can think of.
So therefore it’s a long shot, but this device or a device like it could be the mutation that causes a Cambrian explosion in mobile hardware, albeit one where you ahen apparently need to glue the screen on yourself, post delivery. (See the below-fold video.)
I cross every one of my fingers!
> The recent fad for particular brands of child oriented power banks in the through hiking community is the most recent one I can think of.
This sounds interesting. Can you elaborate?
Through a chance piece of design, the leading power pack in terms of energy density is made by / branded on behalf of Haribo, a confectionary company:
https://www.ultralightnerd.com/index.php/2025/06/26/haribo-m...
What’s interesting is, like the other products, it was designed and marketed for one purpose but has become very popular for another. (Although in this case it could well just be a fashion, especially given how uniquely identifiable the product is.)
It's probably a reference to the Haribo power bank thing (which appears to be poorly made and dangerous).
It doesn't fit into the list as a revolution (or even 'evolution') as it's just a high-density, compact and cheap battery [1] that turns out to be quite unsafe [2].
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45322135
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46071317
Now it needs a 4G / 5G modem, and a camera, and it could be a compact phone,
Just found this Chinese Open Source HardWare site and wanted to share this cute project with you.
Site says it runs Linux
Does anyone have insights on how compatible that hardware might be? Or how it might compare to something like a Pinetab?
For some years I have been looking for a low cost tablet with good Linux support for use in home automation or information displays. Surprised there is still nothing like this in the Raspberry Pi ecosystem.
The RK3568 is an interesting choice, why no the H700 or something with a good amount of mainline kernel support already?
I don’t know about the h700, but some of those allwinner chips used to be super cheap around Covid. I checked and didn’t find prices? Does anyone know where the price is now?
How does one get a board like this one made?
What about it? The site's in Chinese.
https://oshwhub-com.translate.goog/oglggc/rui-xin-wei-rk3568...
21 usd
That is an incredible price.