[ale] $25 Micro LInux Computer - the size of a USB key

Geoffrey Myers lists at serioustechnology.com
Mon May 9 10:09:33 EDT 2011


Jim Kinney wrote:
> There are several keyboards that have a 2-port hub built in. Aaron, Jeff 
> and I were looking at several for thin client work at schools.  One has 
> a high speed port on the top of the keyboard so a thumbdrive is visible 
> and harder for kids to leave behind.
> The happy hacker keyboard I have at work has a pair of ports on the back.

At ITT Tech, if a student logs out without removing their thumb drive, a 
siren goes of to remind them.  I kinda like that.

> 
> On May 7, 2011 5:29 PM, "Scott Castaline" <skotchman at gmail.com 
> <mailto:skotchman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>  > On 05/07/2011 12:31 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>  >>
>  >> Add the micro-sd hack to this and things become almost limitless!
>  >>
>  >> This little thing could be moulded into the plug on a USB keyboard.
>  >>
>  >> It has "school use" written all over it. All it needs is a network
>  >> socket or an added zigbee board.
>  >>
>  > I seem to remember that the earlier Apple computers had a daisy chain
>  > mouse/keyboard, does something like that still exist? then you wouldn't
>  > need a USB hub to connect a mouse & keyboard utilizing the keyboards
>  > cable to connect both through the USB port on the sick.
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