[HN Gopher] The Gibson Rev 001 Dual LCD/E-Ink Cyberdeck
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The Gibson Rev 001 Dual LCD/E-Ink Cyberdeck
Author : rcarmo
Score : 46 points
Date : 2022-10-01 16:28 UTC (3 days ago)
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| rcarmo wrote:
| Direct link to MP4 demo video:
| https://cdn.hackaday.io/files/1875728025080448/IMG_7098.mp4
| Maursault wrote:
| "The Gibson" is in homage. This isn't a an actual Gibson product,
| but a one-off by an independent builder
| johnyzee wrote:
| But can you hack it?
| linsomniac wrote:
| The planet? Yes.
|
| edit: Instructions are in that place I put that thing that
| time.
| amacbride wrote:
| As in William Gibson, author of "Neuromancer" and the
| originator of the term "cyberdeck."
| thom_ wrote:
| [deleted]
| motohagiography wrote:
| I love cyberdeck projects. They remind me of how custom
| motorcycle builders influenced the manufacturers to where they
| are producing factory street fighters, cafe racers, bobbers, and
| baggers. That feedback loop hasn't closed between cyberdeck
| makers and OEMs yet, Framework laptops are pretty close to a
| modification platform waiting to happen.
|
| HMDs are still way too clunky for everyday AR, and I think google
| glass and snapchat's AR glasses products haven't got traction
| because they're the AOL cdroms of their technology, but if there
| were commodity parts for a modification platform I could see it
| taking off and closing the cyberdeck to OEM loop.
|
| It's like there is professional tech and consumer tech, and then
| a hacker tech is when it becomes surplus, cheap, and available.
| Examples like the clone i486 PC, the CB500 motorcycle, TB-303, of
| the 80s and 90s created entire subcultures that yielded
| generational innovations. Maybe current techs like that will be
| SDRs, machine learning libraries, adware data sets, etc.
| imwillofficial wrote:
| I don't have the tools or time to recreate something like this.
| It's too bad I can't just throw money at somebody to make this
| for me.
|
| But perhaps that's the point...
| rglullis wrote:
| What a miserable approach to life, reducing every craft and
| passion into something that is only worth doing if it can be
| commercialized.
| junon wrote:
| They're just saying they wish they could have one without
| needing to make it because they like it. I don't see how
| that's miserable.
| rglullis wrote:
| It's peak consumerism. The cool thing about a project like
| this is the act of _building_ it, not of _having_ it.
| Learning how to work with different materials. Trying and
| failing different approaches. The joy of seeing it work and
| the excitement that comes with new ideas for improvements.
|
| Saying "I want to throw money at it" is like taking a
| shortcut and cheating yourself out of the journey.
| ok_dad wrote:
| For me, owning something like this, handcrafted by an
| artisan, is to support that artisan and their future
| work. Just because I can make my own knife from scratch
| doesn't mean I want to do it, I would rather buy a nice
| knife from a blacksmith, for example, and just because I
| probably have the skills to build something like this
| doesn't mean I particularly want to. I just want to own
| and appreciate nice things and support the people who
| make those things. That's about as far from "consumerism"
| as possible, IMO.
| rglullis wrote:
| > I just want to own and appreciate nice things and
| support the people who make those things.
|
| If your appreciation is somehow connected with the
| ownership, then of course it is consumerism. If you think
| supporting someone talented is better justified by you
| getting something out of it, you are using that as a
| narcissistic rationalization for what you consume.
| ok_dad wrote:
| Hmm, well, I consider "consumerism" to be more like
| buying things you don't need, which require a ton of
| resources, at massive scale.
|
| To me, what you and I are discussing (buying a custom-
| built computer at small scale) is more like the artisan
| culture of Japan, where they are very efficient, and
| appreciate fine things that last a long time.
|
| Anyways, I think you and I are probably more similar in
| our beliefs about the waste of consumerism than you might
| think.
|
| Edit: Also, art is certainly somewhat wasteful (who needs
| a crystal flute!?), but at small scale I think art is
| necessary to help make the world a place where humans
| aren't just big ants, working constantly for an
| unattainable goal.
| rglullis wrote:
| I am talking less about waste and more about consumerism
| as "you are what you have". It's this idea of people
| defining their identities around the brands they value or
| (even worse imo) the idea that having "expensive tastes"
| or paying exorbitant amounts of money for exclusive items
| makes someone "special".
|
| There is an old saying: "the only difference between boys
| and men is in the price of their toys". It's kind sad if
| you think about it, and sadder still that some people
| treat this as a virtue.
| ok_dad wrote:
| In this we can agree. I consider what I was talking about
| to be more like supporting individual humans in their
| quest to make something beautiful, or to make something
| useful, without having to have a corporate structure
| around it. I believe in purchasing goods which I can use
| or art that I can appreciate, personally, and also
| support individuals and small business.
|
| The true waste from consumerism isn't just from the
| individuals who live in that world, but from the
| corporate and social behemoths that push the rampant
| consumption of goods that aren't made by individuals with
| care, but by machines who have been programmed to do so,
| whether electromechanical (robots) or biological (factory
| workers). We should all strive to support individuals and
| small businesses over corpos.
| cestith wrote:
| It'd be paying someone a commission on custom art that
| they can't mass produce and commercialize because it's
| not a commodity. Doing so regularly from the same artist
| or artisan would be patronage, in the positive sense of
| the word.
| stonogo wrote:
| For some of us, the cool thing about a project like this
| is the act of _using_ it. I don 't really want another
| hobby, but I'd much rather have an interesting computer
| than a boring one.
| csdvrx wrote:
| Want
| znpy wrote:
| I looks like an ugly copy of those old sony vaio laptops that
| could fit in a pocket, before it was cool
| bpye wrote:
| Slightly unrelated to the OP but are there any e-ink displays
| today that are responsive enough to use for a basic command line
| Linux display? I really like the idea of having a device similar
| to think but with e-ink only to use as a minimal terminal -
| something like the MNT Pocket Reform but with e-ink...
| Melatonic wrote:
| MIP might be a better tech to use?
| dflock wrote:
| I use a Boox Leaf with a Bluetooth keyboard and it works fine,
| for this sort of thing.
| AlanYx wrote:
| If you're looking for a plug-and-play device, there are options
| from Waveshare, Boox and Dasung.
|
| If you're willing to DIY, there's a great open source project
| called PaperTTY that works with almost any e-ink panel. Despite
| the name being terminal-focused, it also (optionally) supports
| VNC.
| bebna wrote:
| I use an boox air c with bluetooth keyboard.
| shultays wrote:
| Which e-ink display is that?
| AlanYx wrote:
| It's the Pimoroni Inky Impression (ACeP not Kaleido).
| shultays wrote:
| Ah that is also 5.7". I thought it looked bigger and there
| was a bigger one, shame
| packetlost wrote:
| Too bad you can't buy the Pi CM4 module that powers the whole
| thing :(
| callmemclovin wrote:
| Well it depends where you live, if you happen to live in
| Germany (I guess they ship to the EU as well), there are quite
| a few on stock right now at BerryBase, according to
| rpilocator.com
| packetlost wrote:
| In the US, they're all out of stock...
| partomniscient wrote:
| Jeff Geerling recently did a stream on this:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krpac-MaD5s
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