Can I Build My Own Portable Microcomputer with a Gumstix?

[dduardo]

I just got my Gumstix Basix 400 in the mail today!

http://www.gumstix.com/

This is such a cool little computer. It is literally the size of a stick of gum and runs on Linux. My goal is to build a portable microcomputer complete with touchscreen lcd, audio out and recharable battery pack. The case will probably be made out of plexiglass, although it would be nice if I could make a custom injection mold model.

Who needs to buy an ipod when you can just build one!

 

[Math Is Hard]

wow! That's really neat! I want a teeny tiny computer!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

neat indeed, I just read about that computer that you crank to get power they are going to use in third world countries

 

[dduardo]

Here is a guy that rigged up a gumstix with gps and a camera, and put it on a balloon:

http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~jac208/pegasus/pegasus1.html