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25th February, 2009, 08:11 PM
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| Marvell's $100 Linux Computer Fits in Your Hand Written by Daniel Wednesday, 25 February 2009 Marvell SheevaPlug is small enough to hand from an AC outlet Shane McGlaun (Blog) - February 25, 2009 12:00 PM DailyTech Marvell Semiconductor has announced a new hardware/software development kit that uses Linux and puts the complete Linux-powered computer into a wall outlet hanging receptacle no larger than the power supply you see on many consumer electronics devices. The device is called the SheevaPlug and draws only 5 watts of power..... [Front page....]
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26th February, 2009, 06:00 PM
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| So its like a teeny computer with Linux on it? The post talked about automation.... How can this be used practically?
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26th February, 2009, 07:06 PM
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| Practical uses for you and I would be limited, but uses in industry such as manufacturing, medical etc etc are pretty vast. A low cost alternative to adding a human employee comes to mind for some of the things I do.
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26th February, 2009, 07:28 PM
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| gotcha, I kinda wondered if it would have some functionality for computers or gaming. Maybe programmable joysticks?
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3rd March, 2009, 04:00 PM
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| I doubt you'd find a use for gaming. However this will mostly be aimed at file/media serving in the home. Add a USB hard drive and you have a cheap, really low-power file/media server.
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3rd March, 2009, 04:25 PM
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| ok, here's an idea. Add a Solid State drive to it and you'll have a media server for your car. Listen to all of your music, watch all of your movies and its driven by a computer in the glove-box.
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4th March, 2009, 01:40 PM
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| Sheevaplug's bigger brother OpenRD looks a bit more interesting. It comes with GbE, a USB port, 2 SATA ports, audio and a PCI-express slot. That sounds more like a media/file/whatever server.
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