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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] 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours 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 2 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] eran_morad 2 points 15 hours ago

Pass

[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Why?

[–] Arbiter 14 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudddeee :(

[–] Arbiter 6 points 20 hours ago

UwU

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 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 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Crazy hypothetical... Even a toilet?

[–] Arbiter 1 points 8 hours ago

Especially a toilet.

[–] slazer2au 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

That I know of.

[–] Arbiter 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 24 minutes ago

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

😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

What the Kidwants, the Kidgets

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

Toasty touchpad