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Crowdfunding begins for modular EOMA68 PC system (laptop, desktop, upgradeable PC card)

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton has been developing the EOMA68 modular PC system for the past five years… and now he’s finally ready to begin selling hardware. The first devices include a $65 computer-on-a-card that’s designed to fit into a laptop or desktop PC case. You can reserve some of the first devices by making a […]

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Azpen Hybrx is a cheap laptop with Android-based Remix OS (crowdfunding)

Budget tablet maker Azpen is branching out and launching a budget laptop. The Azpen Hybrx features an 11.6 inch, 2.4 pound laptop that will eventually sell for about $140. But Azpen is launching the Hybrx through a Kickstarter campaign, and offering the notebook to early backers for as little as $69. There’s just one catch: […]

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Monohm’s Runcible’s round “phone-like” thing hits Indiegogo for $399 and up

These days there are smartphones with big screens and… less big screens. There are models with glass that wraps around the edges, and models that have modular components. But most smartphones look pretty much the same: a rectangle with a glass display. Monohm’s Runcible breaks the mold. It’s designed to look more like a pocket […]

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GPD Win handheld gaming PC available for pre-order for $330 (video)

GPD has been selling handheld game consoles and tablets for a few years, but up until now most have been powered by Google Android. This year the company introduced the GPD Win, a handheld PC with a 5.5 inch touchscreen display, a QWERTY keyboard, and physical gaming buttons. After a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in April, […]

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Jibo “social” robot to ship in October, will compete with Asus Zenbo, Amazon Echo

Jibo is a “social robot” designed to hang out in you house, respond to your voice, and recognize your face so that it can tell you about appointments or incoming messages, tell you stories, snap photos or let you engage in video calls, and much more. The folks behind Jibo raised 3.7 million dollars for […]

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ELLO 2M is a DIY portable 128K computer aimed at education/hacking (crowdfunding)

Want to learn how to program the same way people did three or four decades ago, but don’t want to hunt down an ancient PC? The ELLO 2M is a DIY computer kit with a keyboard, 7 inch touchscreen display, and an 1156-hole electronics protoyping space. The system is designed to run a version of the […]

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Pebble Core: A tiny music player and fitness tracker with GPS and 3G

Smartwatch maker Pebble is launching its first device that’s not a smartwatch. The Pebble Core is a tiny $99 device that has no screen… but which does have GPS, a 3G modem, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a headphone jack. It’s designed for runners that want to track their distance and routes while listening to music… you can even […]

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Phone-sized GOLE1 is a $99 Windows 10 PC (with a touchscreen)

There’s no shortage of cheap, tiny desktop computers with Intel Atom processors and Windows 10 software. But the GOLE1 is a bit different. It’s basically a tiny Windows desktop that’s small enough to slide into a pocket. But in addition to four full-sized USB ports and HDMI output, the GOLE1 has a 5 inch touchscreen display […]

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Meizu’s first US product is a crowdfunded wireless speaker

Chinese device maker Meizu is preparing to launch one of its first products for the US market. But it’s not one of the company’s inexpensive high-quality smartphones. It’s a wireless speaker called Gravity. Meizu expects to begin shipping the speaker in December, and you can reserve one for $169 and up through the company’s crowdfunding […]

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Peachy Printer turns sour: After crowdfunded $100 3D printer fails to ship, co-founder makes theft allegations

Several years before the makers of the OLO promised to deliver a $99 3D printer, there was the Peachy Printer. The founders of the project took to Kickstarter in 2013, hoping to raise $50,000 to produce a 3D printer and scanner. That product never shipped… and now we know why. Maybe. Peachy Printer CEO Rylan Grayston […]