Newcastle-based Jade Integration will launch one of the smallest thin-client computers available in the UK to date, the Jack PC, next month. Containing all the electronics needed to run as a low- to medium-power PC, the Jack PC, as its name suggests, will fit into a standard size wall socket. The entire PC sits on two layered circuitboards. It contains an AMD RISC processor to help reduce power consumption and heat output. The Jack PC thin client fits into a wall socket and is so energy-efficient it can get its power over Ethernet.
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Member since:2005-07-06
heh, if it can run win CE i guess it can run linux to 
now if they could ship them in a non-installed way so people could not the install themselfs, i would have no issue with them.
with the right kind of bandwidth, this would work wonders as a kind of head for a multimedia-server in the basement or similar.
still, i was looking forward to a "pc" that would fit inside a normal wall-socket (not in the same amount of space as one, but inside one). trow on a "power switch" and a "ethernet over power" connection and you could in theory wire up your whole house for computer control by putting a server somwhere and replacing your existing power sockets (alternativly, make it a plug-in module).
have it run linux and a small daemon that allows the server to locate and tell it to toggle the "power switch" (that protocol that apple use for their networking should fit nicely) and your golden
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2005-07-06
Living in the North East of England, I've seen this and will be at IT Works. It's an incredible concept, and looks rather catchy when you see it. There is a wall socket with some USB ports, sound connections and a monitor port and you simply plug in. It turns a computer into any other device you might use, and is really what a computer should be aiming to be.
The only problems is the software. If they could use Linux, something like NX Server and Firefox you could seriously keep the price down and make it quite flexible. As it is, I can't see it being compelling enough to make people really sit bolt upright. They should also look at selling a unified solution, with servers as well.