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Space Cube – the World's Smallest Linux PC

Posted by timothy on from the not-time-cube-note dept.

Barence writes "Meet the Space Cube — the world's smallest fully functional PC. Primarily designed for use in space, it somehow manages to cram a working PC with USB ports, card readers, audio outputs and proprietary interfaces into a tiny cube chassis measuring just two inches square. It runs a basic Linux front-end, which the blogger takes a look at, and there are some great photos of the device being loomed over by everyday objects like coffee mugs and cellphones. It has connections for controlling various electronics used by ESA, NASA and JAXA, but it will also apparently be for sale to the public soon, for use by amateur engineers and robotics clubs."

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  1. Airport security by SystematicPsycho · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would they let you pass with that in an airport?

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    1. Re:Airport security by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes. Just paint it to look like this.

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  2. Yes but... by Underfoot · · Score: 5, Funny

    does it run... oh... it does? Awsome.

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    1. Re:Yes but... by lastchance_000 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Thanks for not letting us down.

  3. How does a cube... by Kazymyr · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...measure two inches square?

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    1. Re:How does a cube... by mlwmohawk · · Score: 3, Funny

      each side

      As if "each side" of a cube needs to be specified. Journalism trumps geometry.

  4. Re:Dimensions, anybody? by Van+Cutter+Romney · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dumbass, its a "Space Cube". It should be measured in the fourth dimension as 2 square inches/sec.

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  5. But can it run by joeflies · · Score: 3, Funny

    the Gammima.AG worm? I hear that's popular in space nowadays

  6. Cubes from Space? by miserere+nobis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ahh, so Locutus has a mini-me and this is his home. How cute!

  7. Re:Dimensions, anybody? by rarel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Plus I hear it can do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs!

  8. Imagine... by Anita+Coney · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of these puppies! You might actually be able to run a GUI.

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    1. Re:Imagine... by cashman73 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wow! You could make several of them in different colors, and your beowulf cluster would look like a gigantic Rubik's Cube! Cool!

  9. It makes sense! by Rie+Beam · · Score: 3, Funny

    Who'd a thunk that the Borg would have such humble beginnings?

    I have to say, it does explain their relative ease of Assimilation...

  10. Re:Smallest? by quenda · · Score: 5, Funny

    . No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

  11. Not Space Cube by Kozar_The_Malignant · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dumbass, its a "Space Cube". It should be measured in the fourth dimension as 2 square inches/sec.

    No, that would make it a "Time Cube", and that would be a Bad Thing.

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  12. Re:Smallest? by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just some quick back of a fag packet calculation

    Please don't tell us what you used as a writing utensil.