This seems like an article that would had been on Slashdot over 20 years ago. Back at that point it would had been really cool. However with cheap hardware like the Raspberry Pi, Common 3D Printing, and rather large SSD Storage that is cheap, small in size and can run at a decent speed. It isn't that interesting anymore, as it would be most teenagers hobbyist day project to make one of these.
Back 21 years A Potato Powered Web Server [slashdot.org] was actually a much bigger deal, as it was difficult to get a low powe
Old school Slashdot... But not really impressive. (Score:0)
This seems like an article that would had been on Slashdot over 20 years ago. Back at that point it would had been really cool. However with cheap hardware like the Raspberry Pi, Common 3D Printing, and rather large SSD Storage that is cheap, small in size and can run at a decent speed. It isn't that interesting anymore, as it would be most teenagers hobbyist day project to make one of these.
Back 21 years A Potato Powered Web Server [slashdot.org] was actually a much bigger deal, as it was difficult to get a low powe
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Like designing an LED alarm clock? [wikipedia.org] LOL
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Yeah. Shit.
Good thing he didn't add a ticking sound module. They may have shot him where he stood.
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He added nothing - he removed a radio shack alarm clock from its plastic case and put it in a small tool box/case.
The technology he mastered was unscrewing the screws on the case.
Apparently, that plus his ethnicity entitled him to a full-ride scholarship to an engineering school.
BTW, he was an (academic) at-risk student, struggling to pass his classes.