Why “chassis” is being discussed
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2020. Looking at that chassis I'd like to retrofit a touchpad with 3 buttons on new standard laptops.
by pmontra · Oct 21, 2026
> It's not actually in their interest to look too closely. They know they are selling snake oil, and they do not care if it works. I can tell you from direct experience on the i…
by otterley · Oct 21, 2026
I don't understand how you can look at a Palm PDA from 2007 and say it felt like polished rock in your pocket, but the iPhone didn't. Given that depending on the Palm you're tal…
by NoPicklez · Oct 20, 2026
Underactuated robotics are so cool. In the hobby BattleBots community, there is a design where the whole robot only has a single motor, but it's able to move in any direction an…
by TGower · Oct 19, 2026
Yes and no, the competition (Samsung, LG etc) still continued for over 5 years to release their flagship smartphones chassis made out of plastic. The iPhone was aluminum, which…
by NoPicklez · Oct 18, 2026
We will see, Ternus was previously senior VP of hardware engineering so my money has been on it getting worse. I'm excited for Gravity Linux though. I appreciate your suggestion…
by soulofmischief · Oct 18, 2026
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