[HH] open laptop design

[Tom Metro]

Tom Metro wrote:
> Here's a blog posting about a group developing an open laptop design.
>
> Building my Own Laptop
> http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=2686

I wasn't aware the guy behind the above open laptop idea was also the
developer of the open hardware Chumby. Here's another article on the
laptop project:

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Chumby-developer-building-open-source-laptop-1771223.html

  Huang made his name as one of the first Xbox hackers and the developer
  of Chumby. Huang wants to make it possible for other enthusiasts to
  build and modify his laptop design, to which end he and his team have
  manufactured a motherboard using only hardware with open source
  specifications and drivers.
  ...
  Hardware hackers will, however, find the "fun features" much more
  interesting. A second Ethernet port allows the laptop to be used as a
  packet filter (firewall) or router. USB-to-go allows the laptop to run
  as an Ethernet, serial spoofer/fuzzer or to connect to a computer as a
  USB device. The laptop also contains a Spartan-6 CSG324 packaged FPGA,
  plus eight analogue and eight digital FPGA inputs/outputs and another
  eight PWM headers for directly connecting RC motors or servos. It is
  also has a Raspberry Pi compatible expansion header.
  ...
  If there is enough interest, Huang is considering starting a
  Kickstarter campaign a few months down the line, once the components
  have been adequately tested. The aim, however, is not to produce a
  cheap laptop - for Huang, it's more about the exclusivity of a
  handmade product of this kind and it would be priced to reflect that.

 -Tom