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Kidwants KN1 is a $104 mini PC with a large touchpad on its top cover - CNX Software (www.cnx-software.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm laughing at how the promo art depicts this as a perfect wireless device, with no power or HDMI or anything.

The manufacturers clearly realised if the promo art showed reality, it would be immediately obvious why nobody wants to use a mini-PC as a thick-ass touchpad, with a bunch of cables and junk dragging all over your desk.

[–] glimse 4 points 1 month ago

They don't show it because the weight of the HDMI cable tilts the whole thing upward

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why?

[–] Arbiter 18 points 1 month ago (4 children)

So you can write a program that makes it moan when touched

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudddeee :(

[–] Arbiter 7 points 1 month ago

UwU

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well shit, maybe I've got the cash after all

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you have a multitouch trackpad, you can have one flat object that can moan when touched, given appropriate software.

If you have a pair of Valve's Index finger-tracking controllers, you can have any object moan when touched, given appropriate software.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Crazy hypothetical... Even a toilet?

[–] Arbiter 2 points 1 month ago

Especially a toilet.

[–] Rooty 2 points 1 month ago

Github link nao.

[–] slazer2au 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am glad no one has done that for laptops so far.

That I know of.

[–] Arbiter 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Though now that you mention it, that’s a good use for the IBM trackpoint.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Someone already did it, and it's pressure sensitive. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can't just say that and not link it! https://github.com/wttdotm/nubmoan

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Compile with gcc -o mouse_tracker_2 mouse_tracker_2.c -lwinmm -lgdi32 iirc.

😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Help me I'm stuck in the for loop step-brother

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

What the Kidwants, the Kidgets

[–] ikidd 4 points 1 month ago

Its probably way faster that an RPI 5 and has an M.2 slot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Toasty touchpad

[–] eran_morad 2 points 1 month ago

Pass

[–] Rooty 0 points 1 month ago

It's like an Intel NUC, only shit.