You could use it as a system monitor display or something. People have been adding small secondary displays to their computers for a long time. Back in the day, we would connect HD44780 character LCDs to the parallel port. There was even a Linux kernel driver for it.
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Hilarious. First the US bans China from acquiring tech, now its companies are running to China for Chinese tech. Can't make this up.
Interesting that they describe it as epaper-like. Pebbles are widely called epaper, but are RLCD. And I'm 100% with you, RLCD deserves more love. Kinda surprising we haven't seen more given the color ereader popularity and resolution downsides. Pebble is a good example of RLCD over e-ink. There's no way the eink of the time could've done those smooth animations. Even today it'd be tricky.
One of the most interesting features is the 4.2-inch reflective liquid crystal display (RLCD), which offers a 300×400 resolution in black and white. Unlike traditional LCDs, the RLCD uses ambient light instead of a backlight, resulting in an ePaper-like reading experience with very low power consumption and fast refresh times.
I'm legitimately excited just at these RLCDs. Devices with actual e-ink displays tend to be pricey, especially in larger sizes, for a few reasons. For one, it's a niche market. For two, there is little competition in the space. Not technically monopolized, but close.
I really want to be able to play with devices using something like e-ink for the power savings. Not sure if RLCD has the same capabilities (some of which are limitations I guess, but they are capabilities for power saving), though the article does mention low power draw.
I suppose I could have at least PRETENDED to try the search bar! Thank you for providing the links for my lazy butt.
I waited over two years for their Naya Create split keyboard. It finally arrived and they fucking moved the enter and backspace keys, rendering it unusable.
Could I have looked at the key layout and seen the fucky design ahead of time? Sure, but who would think they have to check on something so basic?
This is just a Naya advertisement
Agreed. They seem to have misspelled Microsoft Trackball
That's not my opinions (or rather, many people share my opinions):
- Kailh Choc v2 switches aren't bad (in fact, I'm typing this on a laptop with those switches and I like them), but there are better switches out there. Plus, those flat keycaps look really awful to type on. But, point taken, to each his own I guess.
- The Kensington Expert Mouse is widely regarded as the best trackball in the world. That's why it's been in continuous production almost unchanged for three decades.
- The 3DConnexion SpaceMouse (and derivatives) is the CAD industry standard.
- Being able to use those things all at the same time is better than swapping between a trackball and a 3D mouse. This is plain obvious. And being able to position them however you like on your desk is also plainly better - if only for left-handed people.
Those are just hard facts, not lofty claims.
the best trackball ever made since 1995 (the Kensington Expert Mouse)
That's quite a lofty claim. What makes that device better than trackballs from Ploopy, efog.tech, or even Kensington's flagship (SlimBlade Pro)?
Everything you can do with a good keyboard of your choice (better than this - say a Wooting), the best trackball ever made since 1995 (the Kensington Expert Mouse) and the best 3D navigation knob (the 3DConnexion SpaceMouse) but less good, and less convenient because you can't have them all at the same time and you can't position them where you like.
Great...
Nah, specifically with this keyboard apparently the guy who designed it was reading mystical literature at the time, and put in a bunch of terms from that: from yoni, shakti and padme hum to ein soph and not-so-mystical fly agaric.
I remember reading something about the time spent in those movies developing meaningful signage, from a science fiction POV. It wasn't meaningless, but I don't think it's as exhaustively thought out as Tolkien's languages etc
Is there a Cyberdeck /c/ommunity? I used to enjoy seeing peoples' impractical creations on Reddit.
Iirc those buttons are full of nonsense and gags in the film, because until the bluray era no one could pause and read them.
That looks rad
That's so badass. Would love to see a video of all the nitty gritty details about it.
Yeah, I was griping about the poor title. It should read "fanless and pumpless."
Super dependent on environmental temperature. Perhaps this would work well in Antarctica. Not so much in a desert.
The articles claim no pump or fan.
The developed cooling solution is based on a passive two-phase thermosiphon principle. A coolant evaporates at the hot surface of the computer chip, absorbing heat before the vapor rises due to density differences. The vapor then condenses elsewhere in the system, releasing heat, and returns as liquid through gravity. Because this process occurs passively, no pumps are required, resulting in no additional energy consumption for heat removal.
The key component in the system is an evaporator, which was developed and manufactured using additive manufacturing. By 3D printing the evaporator in aluminum as a single integrated component, the design eliminates assembly points and reduces the risk of leaks, improving overall reliability. The single-material design also simplifies recycling at the end of the component’s lifecycle.
Though the comment about condensing elsewhere and releasing heat seems like a place I’d expect to see fans in a setup like this, not that I’m any kind of expert.
I'm confused. Does it have a fan and pump or do they just pump and fan less than usual?
It is relevant. Because as part of primary business they would have had incentive to produce those consumer goods even if overall profit would have suffered. Without that incentive even if the overall production increases the RAM manufacturers simply wouldn't be able to afford the AI-inflated DRAM prices for Micron to justify selling to them over LLM companies with unlimited funds.
All three (Micron, Samsung, SK Hynix) said publically that they are milking every possible cent until this market bubble pops and everyone else can fuck off until then.
That's not really relevant. Just because they don't (won't) have the full vertical integration doesn't mean it won't have an effect. The chips are where there's a shortage. Most brands of assembled sticks of RAM don't make the chips. They buy the chips primarily from Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix. If these chips become more plentiful, then brands like Kingston and GSkill can produce and sell the final product to consumers.
The real reason it won't help consumers, at least for a while, is that the plant won't be online until late 2027. And that's assuming demand doesn't increase in that time.