Tiny USB computer for race events

redlinederby Wednesday, 11/18/2015
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I was reading through my daily tech news and saw an article about a new USB computer-on-a-stick that Google is releasing, called the Chromebit.

Looks to basically be a PC that can plug right into your monitor or TV. It runs Google's OS, which is pretty minimal, but it would be enough to load web pages. 

Then my mind went immediately to racing where showing times, results, names, etc. is always troublesome. Or if you run a computer at a live event and need to track your laptop, monitor, cords, crap...all that stuff. Here you just plug the Chromebit into a monitor and you're done. Get a wireless keyboard and off to the races.

I don't think the Chromebit on sale yet but I'll probably get one to play with. I could see using a monitor along side my track when I shoot videos. I could have racer names, pictures, etc all queued up on a web page and then display on the screen. The screen is in my video shot and then I don't have to add text to my video when editing...I just string together clips and I'm done. Good theory, anyway.



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CrzyTrkrDude 11/18/15

Another theory....

They now have kiosks at airports and truck stops, where you plug in a flash drive, to download movies, you can watch on your laptop.

Maybe that is one possible use for it?

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redlinederby 11/18/15
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The kiosk crowd is one target for this thing. Load up an app and stick it into any monitor - instant kiosk.

I'm thinking I might be able to hook this into the web site some how while I'm doing the actual race - like live results online something. Lots of possibilities.

Although also realized that if I just want to put stuff on a monitor, I could use my Chromecast as well and just stream from my tablet or something.

Oh the possibilities...


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