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The Real Computer Revolution Hasnโ€™t Happened Yet

tinlizzie.org

But it looks as though the actual revolution will take longer than our optimism suggested, largely because the commercial and educational interests in the old media and modes of thought have frozen personal computing pretty much at the โ€œimitation of paper, recordings, film and TVโ€ level.

So many amazing ideas in this talk by Alan Kay. Ironic that it was given in 2007, the year the iPhone debuted.

POLY555 Synth

blog.tommy.sh

It’s an analog, 20 note polyphonic, square wave synthesizer based on the 555 timer chip. The enclosure and keys are 3D-printed, its models were programmed in OpenSCAD, and its PCB was designed in Kicad.

I especially like the gallery of abandoned ideas on the path to making this.