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Muxcard, a dyi credit card size computer (github.com)
gnabgib 2 days ago [-]
Last week (87 points, 7 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48251528
fph 10 minutes ago [-]
How do you recharge it? Do you have to swap the battery?
mmmehulll 15 minutes ago [-]
love this. would be cool if we can see and perform all kinds of banking txns on this. Think ledger but all in one card. Super cool. Even cooler would be card to card money transfer without use of swipe machines
aa-jv 8 minutes ago [-]
I want this, but only for one thing: email.

I already use an pwnagotchi, and it works great for this - but its a bit bulky.

If I can get this set up and working, it'll be my main interface to email.

asdefghyk 2 hours ago [-]
This post - the title made me remember ... ( as a credit card is about the same size as a business card )

A Linux Business Card CD is a miniature, credit-card-sized optical disc containing a stripped-down, bootable Linux operating system. They hold around 50MB to 100MB of data and were highly popular in the early-to-mid 2000s

More info at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootable_business_card

hantusk 57 minutes ago [-]
mmmehulll 14 minutes ago [-]
this is really cool. I didn't know we had these
rbanffy 58 minutes ago [-]
I would love if the screen could take up more space, even at the expense of a little extra thickness.
jansan 54 minutes ago [-]
I think that there could be a wider screen if such formats are available. Once we have betavoltaic batteries, the entire card can be screen.
rbanffy 22 minutes ago [-]
I'm not sure beta voltaics will ever reach LiPo densities. All materials I know would be unwise to place in your wallet, or anywhere near your body.

If we are OK with a battery and a beta voltaic source, a tritium one is reasonably safe and can trickle charge the battery when the device is in deep low power mode. The battery can still be charged by the induction coil.

ohlookcake 1 hours ago [-]
Can it run DOOM?
voidUpdate 3 hours ago [-]
It seems like it might be a little expensive for a business card...
goodpoint 17 minutes ago [-]
It's not a computer.
suzukivenom 1 hours ago [-]
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