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This is the opposite of what I want. What I want is a hub device along the lines of a Huawei Mifi device that will share a 4g connection with numerous other de

by buro9 13y ago

This is the opposite of what I want. What I want is a hub device along the lines of a Huawei Mifi device that will share a 4g connection with numerous other devices using a low power hardware and software stack, perhaps the latest Bluetooth. Then I want my phone to be less powerful, to run most apps on the cloud and generally do little more than render things prettily. I want camera lenses, display surfaces, input devices (keyboard, pen/stylus, augmented reality glasses, headsets, etc) to all mesh together, sharing bandwidth for intra-device communication... and ultimately all using the hub for communication. I no longer want large and ever more powerful and feature rich phones or computers, I want to smash things up and have a choice of small bits that each do one thing very well. Basically Star Trek communication device and then a lot of peripherals.

jessaustin 13y ago
This is what the market will produce, eventually, after it has tried everything else, but especially everything that acts to lock consumers into long-term deals with the 2.5 remaining wireless carriers. (Actually if this constellation of devices is mesh-like enough in architecture, the 4g modem won't be particularly special either: you'll keep it in your pocket, never look at it, and it will only be used [automatically, seamlessly] when wifi or its successors aren't available.)
jamii 13y ago
How about a Bug Block from http://buglabs.net/ http://buglabs.net/ and a pile of Zigbee sensors from http://www.zigbeesensors.co.uk/ http://www.zigbeesensors.co.uk/
buro9 13y ago
This was a strange post for me... just in the voting history. It was upvoted like crazy, then downvoted like crazy, then upvoted again, and downvoted again. It's come out very neutral, barely +1 or 0 now, but at the same time it's the most downvoted post I've ever made. What is so objectionable about the post that merited the quantity of downvotes? And were the upvotes because other people agreed with the idea and also want this?

by buro9 13y ago

jessaustin 13y ago

This is what the market will produce, eventually, after it has tried everything else, but especially everything that acts to lock consumers into long-term deals with the 2.5 remaining wireless carriers. (Actually if this constellation of devices is mesh-like enough in architecture, the 4g modem won't be particularly special either: you'll keep it in your pocket, never look at it, and it will only be used [automatically, seamlessly] when wifi or its successors aren't available.)

jamii 13y ago

How about a Bug Block from http://buglabs.net/ http://buglabs.net/ and a pile of Zigbee sensors from http://www.zigbeesensors.co.uk/ http://www.zigbeesensors.co.uk/

buro9 13y ago

This was a strange post for me... just in the voting history. It was upvoted like crazy, then downvoted like crazy, then upvoted again, and downvoted again. It's come out very neutral, barely +1 or 0 now, but at the same time it's the most downvoted post I've ever made. What is so objectionable about the post that merited the quantity of downvotes? And were the upvotes because other people agreed with the idea and also want this?