See also:
Old product notes ∞
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- A pen computer thingy
Dead products and projects ∞
- Sharp PC-3000
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Sharp PC-3100
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mbook M1 / mbook BZ
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- A modular computer thingy. Pretty expensive.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20220213061935/http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Main_Page
- An open hardware/software phone.
- Abandoned - project retired.
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https://web.archive.org/*/moblin.org
- Mobile and Internet Linux project.
(Abandoned) Morphy One ∞
Abandoned - all associated websites and resources are gone.
- English Press Release
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110804221822/http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/plaza/aj93/waggy/hp/features/morphyone.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20030619040847/http://www.morphyplanning.co.jp/
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Mailing list:
- was: english at ml.morphyplanning.co.jp
- english-help at ml.morphyplanning.co.jp
Notes ∞
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Unveiling game-changing wearable tech
- Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine Minority Report - (2002 movie) and then some.
old, really rough, notes ∞
"PocketDOS is an MS-DOS 6.22 compatible DOS for your Microsoft Windows CE or Psion/Symbian EPOC32 based Pocket Computer. In addition to a full DOS, PocketDOS lets you install and run many DOS programs (Intel 8086/80186 compatible using CGA, HP-LX or text display modes) on your Pocket Computer. PocketDOS also lets you access devices such as touchscreens, built-in and external modems, IR ports, flash disks, network drives and more from within DOS and DOS programs."
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https://web.archive.org/*/www.penreader.com/penreade.htm handwriting recognition in ce
most of this stuff is moot.
Keywords ∞
- all-in-one motherboards
- wearable
- embedded
- single board computers (SBC)
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PC/104
- https://web.archive.org/web/20051217145732/http://www.jumptec.de:80/product/data/index-e.html - OMFG, they have a credit card PC -- 486dx/133
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220722031528/http://www.basterfield.com/pc110/pc110idx.htm PC 110 resources. Very well done.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080305002222/http://www.circussystems.com:80/keyboards.html build a chording keyboard - no dos drivers yet
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ivpgi.com - They have a tiny keyboard
Carrying Cases ∞
- Targus slipcase - belt carried.. (19x12x3 cm)
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Otterbox - series3000 is perfect - includes a belt loop
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https://web.archive.org/web/20010430031337/http://tawny.bu.edu:80/JandJ/How/PS-3000.html ProLinear MiniNote - 386 palmtop the size of a videocasette (crappy)
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https://web.archive.org/*/www.palmtop.net/netstore.html - a nifty recoiling phone wire and a serial port IR adapter
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- aqua 3200 - using a transmeta chip, running linux. A large pda.. colour 800x600.. might be able to put dos on it.. might be able to put windows on it.. there might be advanced versions later. I want to put a chording keyboard on it as well. Find the 3400.
- The damned thing is far too big still.. 23cm wide
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https://web.archive.org/web/20180129061351/http://www.calcaria.net/ Linux7k - Linux on the Psion 5 series - new website, looks very cool!
- https://web.archive.org/web/20040121021840/http://www.arcom.co.uk:80/products/icp/pc104/processors/SBCMediaGX.htm Kickass system
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https://web.archive.org/web/20061004175415/http://www.arcom.co.uk/products/icp/pc104/processors/SBCMediaGX_LCD.htm 6.5" NEC TFT flat panel
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https://web.archive.org/*/www.flexipc.com - Ugh, I think I have this link.. possibilities.. hmm. It's ugly, but nifty
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https://web.archive.org/web/20020220115921/http://www.tiqit.com:80/mpc.html
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https://web.archive.org/web/20050317042339/http://www.man-machine.com:80/lcdcustm.htm
- I emailed them about the HP 200LX and modifications for backliting/etc... They also have a 6" screen. I got no response.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20010607080123/http://www.jayw.demon.co.uk:80/Tiny/
PC 104 ∞
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190608165036/http://www.controlled.com/pc104/products.html Links from hell
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https://web.archive.org/web/20041020084403/http://www.versalogic.com:80/Ds/VSBC2.htm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20051026090822/http://www.versalogic.com:80/Ds/vsbc6.htm 266mhx fanless - extended temperature versions exist
- https://web.archive.org/web/20031003141654/http://www.versalogic.com:80/Ds/vsbc7.htm 333mhz fanless
- https://www.lifewire.com/smart-watches-and-wearables-4781531 [ 2 ]
- https://web.archive.org/*/lippert-at.com/tools/pc104p/ds_pc104p_crr2.html All in one board
- https://shelleyharrison.wordpress.com/shelley-harrison/science-technology/wearable-computing-wearable-technology/ [ 3 ]
- https://www.ampltd.com/ - has an all in one board, fucking tiny, >400mA power usage
- https://web.archive.org/web/20061004175301/http://www.arcom.co.uk/products/icp/dev_kits/ELAN104NC/Dev_Kit.htm - all in one, and comes with a flatpanel monitor
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https://web.archive.org/web/20040121021840/http://www.arcom.co.uk:80/products/icp/pc104/processors/SBCMediaGX.htm - hmm.. kickass
Vapour ∞
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https://web.archive.org/web/20020203223122/cellcomputing.com/third/snglbrd.html
- need to get that 8" LCD display panel and a twiddler or small keyboard (the navy seals keyboard) and I'm rocking!
- I would have to figure out a power source
- I would have to figure out a case.
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damn.
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- Was a tiny PC running Linux.
Emulation and virtualization ∞
oldest notes - (Obsoleted by my Zaurus SL-C1000) ∞
(Obsoleted by my Zaurus SL-C1000)
Links ∞
I'll post the newer technologies at the top of the lists.
Notebooks ∞
- Toshiba Libretto L3 / L5 - World's most popular subnotebooks, 2.4 pound portable solution
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Sony Vaio U3 - World's Smallest Full-Featured Notebook
Very small computers ∞
- Don't exist:
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http://www.tiqit.com/ Tiqit Eightythree
- The second half of 2006. But in late 2006 their website says "Until this market matures all bets are off..."
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090905133625/http://www.tow.com:80/photogallery/2002/20020509_tiqit/ Photo gallery
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https://web.archive.org/web/20081202025004/http://products.sel.sony.com/vaio/ -- Sony VGN U70 U50 U750
- A tablet thingy. Not sure if it exists.
- Sony VGN U50, U70, U750P
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https://web.archive.org/web/20090121201844/http://minipc.vulcan.com:80/
- https://web.archive.org/*/www.handtops.com/show/news/2
- doesn't exist yet.
- Crap:
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https://web.archive.org/web/20181231194813/http://www.oqo.com:80/ -- A tablet PC (Windows XP)
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HP Jordana 820
Palmtops ∞
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https://web.archive.org/web/20030602204831/http://www.palm.com/products/handhelds/tungsten-c/ Palm Tungsten C
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Sony Clie PEG-TG50:
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Sony CLIE PEG-UX50 - www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/-/-/-/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=PEGUX50/UKIT1
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Handspring Treo 270
- GPRS, QWERTY
- Handspring Treo 600
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Palm Tungsten W GSM GPRS PDA
Phones ∞
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20030321094855/http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/6800
- Folds out into a keyboard.
- Since it has web access (TODO - research), it might be useful for remote site maintenance. It's notepad of 3k is pathetic. If upgradeable it might be useful. Research better models.
- BlackBerry 950 - teeny web browser
- Blackberry 6750 - phone/pda thing
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Timeport P935
- No web access?
- Treo 90
- Treo 270
- Treo 600
Misc ∞
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https://web.archive.org/web/20060103094748/http://www.cdatas.com/
- Computer on a CF card.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20090214031749/http://www.hacker-technology.com/145291/index.html
- Embedded Linux-PC in Compact Flash Form Factor
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https://web.archive.org/web/20081017103345/http://www.hacker-technology.com/3479/index.html
- CF-DMM + DAQ/COMM Cards + PCI<=>CF Adapter
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080918233923/http://www.hacker-technology.com/3479/3548.html
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https://web.archive.org/web/20191011075703/https://thegoldenear.org/rcs/index.html
- The Roaming Computing System
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Fellowes PDA Pocket Keyboard (type 'n go) is kinda cool
possible search topics ∞
- Mini-LCD screens (eyepiece, integrated LCD)
- Technical blackpapers (wireless protocals, portable CPU energy consumption figures)
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Standards descriptions (smaller than pc/104)
- MIT projects including wearable computing resources, the morphy one and most other open source hardware projects.
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piezoelectric shoe inserts
- unrelated topics:
- piezoelectric droplet generators
- piezoelectric transducers / receivers
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lcd tv
- handheld
- palmtop
- unobtrusive
- augmented memory
- clandestine wearable computer
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- expresso mini-pc
- Capaccino mini-pc
- wearable
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pda
- pc/104
- pc/104 plus
- embedded
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absorb:
- cyberware
- cybernetics
- cybertechnology
Info on hardtech grafting onto or interfacing to softtech/biotech
research nervous system connectivity, optic replacements (done) and limb reattaching stuff
Possible Resources ∞
- https://web.archive.org/web/20000419182756/www.mobileinsights.com/mobileletter/20000104.html
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Cyberware
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The Wearable Group at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
- https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wearable/group/
-- 2022-07-12 - Apparently unmaintained; last updated ~2000-09-29. - https://hcii.cmu.edu/research/faculty/grid?year=&research-area=133 [ 6 ]
- https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/vuman/www/home.html
- was wearablegroup.org
- https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wearable/group/
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MIT Wearable Computing
- https://web.archive.org/web/20030620135751/http://www.handhelds.org/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080423092554/http://www.embeddedtechnology.com/content/homepage/
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The Biometric Consortium - US government
- Input:
- Small/portable keyboard
- Half keyboard
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- I emailed him re. biometric io work he may have done, but got no response.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20090131115539/http://ezl.com/~rsch/keyboard.txt
- Information on the IBM keyboard interface
- Output
- Mini LCD (also
mini-lcd
, cluttered withlcd tv
) -
Sony LCD eyeglasses monitor
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https://web.archive.org/web/20080314100252/http://auriga.wearlab.de/
- Auriga -- Wearable computing software.
Links ∞
- https://www.gumstix.com/
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https://web.archive.org/web/20181231201244/https://kemplar.com/
- Some of the more obscure things used to be purchasable from these guys.
Last updated 2023-06-29 at 09:02:08
Footnotes
- was handykey.com [ ↩ ]
- was https://www.lifewire.com/learn-how-wearables-4102752 [ ↩ ]
- was http://www.wearabletechnology.com [ ↩ ]
- was OQO [ ↩ ]
- was http://www.brighthand.com/phonereview/brighthand-reviews-the-sony-clie-tg50/ [ ↩ ]
- was https://hcii.cmu.edu/research/wearable-computers [ ↩ ]
Portable computing was tidied up a bit. The topic is getting quite dusty, as there seems to be no desire in the industry to create a device that's actually useful.
"Fixed" some links to point to the wayback machine. So much is vapor, abandoned or obsolete.
Noting the Morphy One.
poked at some old notes