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[–] 44 points 6 months ago (4 children)

This, but it's a Meshtastic board powered by photovoltaic fletching so I can fire them high into trees to create a rogue comms network

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    nrf52840 I presume. ESP32 needs a bit too much battery for a bow.

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  • [–] 28 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    My retirement plan is to sell one ooga for two boogas.

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  • [–] 26 points 6 months ago (10 children)

    The funny thing is that that board is actually designed to be arrowhead-shaped, not just a shard sawn off a larger PCB. I wonder what it came from (assuming it's real)?

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    I noticed the same thing. Maybe it’s AI. I don’t see any inputs or power source and there’s no indication that there’s anything big enough on the other side to be either.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Could be a car key fob maybe? CR2032 and buttons could fit on the backside

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe, but it would be huge. Most key fobs I’ve seen don’t need mounting screws either. I’m not sure about the battery holder, but any buttons on the other side would likely run through the pcb. I don’t think contact solder would be strong enough for repeated use. There would also be traces somewhere that come from the other side to the controller.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I don't see any merging traces or other aspects of it that don't make sense when looking at the board holistically, so I don't think it's AI. Edit: another commenter pointed out two "pin 1" marks on the biggest chip, so never mind, it's AI. Fuck.

    With two microchips with that many pins (maybe a 4+ layer PCB?), it looks too complicated to be a key fob. It also has what looks like a 5-pin header for programming.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It does look close to PCBs you'd see in random key fobs but I think solid chance it's a prop (or AI). If you look close and of course we do only see one side but a lot of the things you'd expect to see are missing. What could this do, how does it interact or connect to things, whats up with those traces and why are they going there, who made this and why is nothing labeled? None of that is definitive, but it's weird to have that many questions like those on a real PCB.

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    I want to see someone knap an arrowhead from the fancy fighter jet sapphire cockpit winshield

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    That would be good news though. Either electronics got cheap again (enough to be used as arrowheads) or we’ve taken the chips back from the evil megacorps that are hoarding them.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    I'd put a taser on the end of a stick so I have electrical damage added to my spear.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    This is terrible. Those board components have terrible aerodynamics. You should scrape those off to improve the flight profile for the arrow

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Hunting giant robo animals?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    "Where do you see yourself in five years?"

    "Retired early or in an unmarked grave. Those are the only two options."

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Someone's first hunt, good luck with that spear

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Needs barbs, probably, and something better than tape.

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