This week Asus unveiled a portable monitor with foldable OLED display that lets you use the Zenscreen Fold MQ17QH as a single 17.3 inch display or two 12.5 inch screens. But with a $2000 price tag, this foldable monitor is going to be a pretty tough sell. There may be a cheaper option though… if you […]
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Lilbits: The latest Unihertz BlackBerry clone, why Pebble failed, and a dip in PC shipments
Unihertz plans to launch a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign soon for a modern phone with some retro-inspired features including a BlackBerry-style physical keyboard. The upcoming Unihertz Titan Slim will be the latest in a line of unusual phones from Unihertz, which has made a habit of releasing niche smartphones aimed at fans of old-school features like […]
Roundy is a slick, low-cost way for makers to experiment with round displays (crowdfunding)
If you’ve been looking for a simple inexpensive way to prototype a project that utilizes a circular display, a new Kickstarter thing may offer the solution. Roundy is a 1.28 inch round LCD display connected to a small board powered by a low-power microcontroller. A Kickstarter campaign for Roundy just went live, and you can […]
Argon EON is a 4-bay NAS with a Raspberry Pi for brains (crowdfunding)
The company behind the Argon ONE case for Raspberry Pi 4 computers (the one that puts all the ports on the same side), are launching a new Raspberry Pi-based device. But this time it’s not just a case: it’s everything you need to build your own network-attached storage (NAS) device powered by a Raspberry Pi. […]
Reinkstone R1 eReader with a 10.1 inch color ePaper display hits Kickstarter
The Reinkstone R1 is a 10.1 inch tablet or eBook reader with a 2232 x 1680 pixel electronic paper display that can show 4096 colors. You can use the device to read or annotate eBooks thanks to support for an optional pressure-sensitive pen. But thanks to 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a 1.8 GHz ARM […]
Xebec turns a laptop into a triple-screen device (crowdfunding)
Sometimes a laptop computer is the right tool for getting work done on the go… but sometimes the limited screen space can be a problem. So over the years we’ve seen solutions ranging from portable monitors to systems that attach to your laptop’s lid to make it work like a dual-screen or even triple-screen computer. […]
BLOCKS modular smartwatch platform is dead, liquidation process begins
The folks at BLOCKS unveiled a concept for a modular smartwatch in 2014, launched a crowdfunding campaign a year and a half later, and eventually raised more than $1.6 million from more than 5-thousand backers. But according to the latest update on the BLOCKS Kickstarter campaign, the team’s dream of a modular smartwatch platform is […]
Naruto eOneBook is a dual-screen eReader with every volume of Naruto pre-loaded (crowdfunding)
A few years ago Progress Technologies introduced a First of the North Star eReader featuring dual E Ink displays and every issue of the popular Manga pre-loaded. Now they’re back with a Naruto version. It’s up for pre-order from Kickstarter for about $460 and up, and the price includes all 72 volumes of Naruto, which […]
Gemini portable displays hit Kickstarter, ship in May
As promised, the Gemini portable 15.6 inch displays with built-in batteries are now up for pre-order through a Kickstarter campaign. While these are hardly the first portable displays designed to connect to a laptop, tablet, or other mobile device to give you a dual-screen setup on the go, the Gemini Displays are interesting for a […]
Intel Cherry Trail dev board hits Kickstarter for just $34
Makers looking to build a project with a low-cost dev board have tons of options. Thanks to a new Kickstarter project, one of those options now features an Intel Cherry Trail Atom processor. The Atomic Pi is a new dev board that is powered by an Atom x5-Z8350 quad core with a top speed of […]