He’s still in high school. This is genuinely incredible stuff.
When I was in high school my crowning achievement was making a flash animation with some rudimentary AS2 scripts.
This… I mean, Christ, how many adults could do this? This genuinely top tier stuff.
He made the keyboard removable, usable wirelessly and fully mechanical. How does one possess these skills?
And the budget isn’t insane either.
During dev he blew through 5 grand (high for an individual, but nothing compared to some startups)
For production, apparently building one of these yourself with the materials he’s provided would cost $1500 – again, really not that astronomicalThis is really shining a lens on some companies charging $2000 for mid-tier laptop with half these features.
I’m… quite excited that we’re entering a new era of hardware, which would put an end to these needless hardware companies1500$ because you don’t have bulk parts, otherwise it could go down by a significant amount.
However, the 5k doesn’t include all the hours of engineering, which costs a lot more than the hardware.
With that said, you are absolutely right that we get dog shit computers for the price. The amount of hours I’ve spent in my life reducing the cost for a board is insane. And bear in mind that this wasn’t for high volume production neither where hardware cost reductions have a big impact.
I hope that this guy go on to do his own thing and doesn’t get gobbled by the corporate machine (or become the corporate machine).
