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Touchscreen BoomboxPC

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-a-cool-hack dept.

leerpm writes "Someone has managed to put together a Touchscreen BoomboxPC. It can function as both a boombox and PC. They mention plans to make it run Linux too, by making it dual-boot to Debian."

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  1. I actually got to the site before it died by HolyCoitus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And I have to ask... What is the point of the camera mentioned in the article? I can understand USB to some degree, but 4 USB ports seems overkill. If only I could reload the page, eh?

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  2. w00t by su2ge · · Score: 5, Funny

    Awesome! Where do I sign up? I always wanted a boombox that was capable of compiling code AND playing my MP3'S :D

  3. All I can say is by Roland+Piquepaille · · Score: 5, Funny

    This thing runs Windows 98 with a scan of the original boombox' front panel as background image.

    This is truly ghetto...

  4. Superb anti-theft device by CdBee · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I love these project computers we see, but my reaction is often to think that the owner could never go out with the PC as it would be an instant theft item

    Here's a PC modder who knows what its at - fitting something high-tech and cool into a radio which very much is not.
    I wonder if I could make a boom-box skin for my iPod.....

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  5. Image mirror by nuclear305 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here's a tasty mirror of the images...since everyone loves pretty pictures! Image1 Image2 Image3 Image4 Image5 Image6 Image7 Image8 Image9 Image10 Image11 Image12

  6. obviously a fake!! by victorvodka · · Score: 5, Funny

    The funderator has too few wires connected to the plasma petulicator, and the quazimemotron could never generate enough jouls of gudzja through 30 gauge copper. But it's a good concept!

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  7. What about a car unit? by raistphrk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While I think this is a novel idea, for most people, carrying around a boom box went out in the eighties, along with Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer. If they want any type of embedded device, it's going to be a stereo.

    There are a few projects that do this already, but I think it would be cool to have the UI from the boom box project.

    I must say though, it would make a lot more sense to use Linux or FreeBSD for a project like that. If you ever wanted to mass produce and sell them, you couldn't if you embedded Windows. You get extra geek points for hacking Linux or BSD properly to work in a car. And, if you care, you won't be violating license agreements. But on the flipside, if you do choose to upload mp3s that you downloaded off the net, you probably don't care about EULAs to begin with.

    To be fair though, I know that the first thing I do when I buy a CD is rip it onto my hard drive so that I always have a copy in case my disc breaks. Uploading all of my discs to a stereo PC would be a good way to archive, and would also mean I wouldn't have to lug around my massive CD case anymore.

  8. Re:Win98 by raistphrk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fatal exception error at memory address MC Hammer.

  9. Media Car by anonicon · · Score: 4, Informative

    While this little project is interesting enough, I caught a link from this piece to Media Car:

    Media Car (mostly in French, but the screenshots do it justice)

    It seems to be a do-it-all for multimedia software, but it looks bleeding edge enough to warrant wariness. I'd be interested in this if it could run on BSD or Linux and supported a remote.

  10. Stylus by j235 · · Score: 4, Informative
    What he fails to mention is that you need the stylus to touch the screen.

    I have one of these Tablet PCs, and only the stylus can register clicks.