Collaborate Disseminate
Cyberdeck. For those of a certain age, the ‘deck’ part conjures visions of tape decks, be they cassette, 8-track, or quarter-inch, and we seriously have to wonder why haven’t seen …read more Continue reading We’d Like, Totally Carry This Retro Boombox Cyberdeck on Our Shoulder
When a new project type starts to get a lot of exposure, it’s typically not long before we see people forking the basic concept and striking out in a new …read more Continue reading Musical Cyberdeck is Part Synth, Part MIDI Controller, and All Cool
When we met our contact from MNT in the coffee shop, he was quietly working away on his laptop. Jet black and standing thick it was like an encyclopedia that …read more Continue reading Hands-On: MNT Reforms the Laptop
Cyberdecks, the portable computers notable for a freely expressed form factor, owe much to post-apocalyptic sci-fi. But they are not always the most practical devices. There’s a reason that all …read more Continue reading Is It A Cyberdeck Or A Vintage Toshiba?
What’s the fastest way to master console stuff like screen or emacs? Force yourself to use it exclusively, of course. But maybe you’d be tempted to cheat with a desktop. …read more Continue reading Paper Pi Is an Ergonomic Cyberdeck Meant for Thumbs
Whether we’re talking about Gibson’s Sprawl or our increasingly dystopian reality, one of the defining characteristics of a cyberdeck is that it can be easily customized and upgraded over time. …read more Continue reading Heavy Metal Cyberdeck Has an Eye Towards Expansion
While we’re not at all sick of the cyberdeck movement yet, we do have to admit that some of the builds we see are starting to fall into categories that …read more Continue reading Three-Piece Cyberdeck Plays the Role of Military Computer That Never Was
Cyberdecks were once a science fiction approximation of what computing might look like in the future. In the end, consumer devices took a very different path. No matter, though, because …read more Continue reading Data Blaster Is A Hip RPi Cyberdeck
For viewers of sci-fi TV and films from the 1960s onwards, the miniaturisation of computer hardware has been something of a disappointment. Yes, it’s amazing that we can get 1.21 …read more Continue reading It’s Not A Computer If It Doesn’t Have A Cartridge Slot
[Alta’s Projects] built a two-in-one cyberdeck that not only contains the requisite Raspberry Pi (a zero in this case) but also eschews a dumb LCD and uses an iPad mini 5 for a display.
We need to address the donor …read more
Continue reading Cyberdeck Running On Apple Silicon, Though An A12 Not An M1