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Kitchen Internet Kiosk?

Posted by Cliff on from the ode-to-the-Aubrey dept.

ZeLonewolf asks: "My parents are remodeling and greatly expanding their kitchen, and my mom would like to add a kitchen internet kiosk that would allow her to look up recipes online and watch TV. Since this is a kitchen, the display and input devices should be appropriate for a kitchen environment, i.e. resistant to dust and moisture. To eliminate the need for a mouse I priced out a touch-screen monitor for $600. The keyboard would need to be sealed, something like ThinkGeek's roll-up keyboard. I haven't been able to find pre-made kiosks for this purpose. Four years ago, the Audrey internet appliance would have been perfect for this sort of thing. Is there anything modern that comes close?"

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  1. Touchsrceens and boards by Gigs · · Score: 3, Informative

    Lilliput 7" touchscreens are only $279 at www.mp3car.com. Prefect for and undercabinet mounting. Combine that with a mini-itx board and you have a great kiosk or mp3 car player.

    Other links of interest:

    Linux Touch Screen HOWTO
    EPIA HOWTO
    Gentoo EPIA HOWTO
    Nehemiah Hardware Entropy Generator
    VIA PadLock support for Linux