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Cybiko
- warning26 4y agoI had one of these things! The mesh networking was so cool -- even just one or two other users would greatly expand your chat range. I still am kind of disappointed that there's nothing like it today built-into smartphones.
- rapjr9 4y agoThe electrical schematic was available for it. I bought a few to use for ad-hoc networking experiments but never got a chance to do any research with them. They had an earlier clunky rectangular model as well if I remember correctly. It was amazing, like seeing the future, and then everyone ignored it and it disappeared. I think I remember reading at the time that it had taken over a few schools and the teachers were bewildered by it.
- georgecmu 4y agoThey are still available on ebay, some even in original packaging: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=cybiko&_sacat=0 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m...
- greenyoda 4y agoThis was mentioned in the latest xkcd comic: https://xkcd.com/2699 https://xkcd.com/2699