How accurate can we make a real life pip boy?

[DefraggedSSD]

I've always wanted a pip boy. It's such an awesome thing. But I've always wondered. How accurate can we make the pip-boy in real life with current technology. And how much would it cost then. And do functional pip-boys exist?

[Rotiart]

Originally posted by Brechnor:

Originally posted by Rotiart:

I feel like something like this is a good idea
Essentially, a laptop on your arm.

Or a PDA ^^

I feel it should be more like a laptop, dedicate less processing power to a touch-screen, and have a keyboard, not all unlike the Pip-boy 1.0 in the intro thing.

[Brechnor]

Originally posted by Rotiart:

Originally posted by Brechnor:

Or a PDA ^^

I feel it should be more like a laptop, dedicate less processing power to a touch-screen, and have a keyboard, not all unlike the Pip-boy 1.0 in the intro thing.

Ah you remind me about one of the old voda phone phones, which was horizontal with a slide out keyboard, can't remember what they were called that must be about 10 years ago by now. Not the same, but you reminded me regardless.

[Haunt Fox]

I can't imagine how uncomfortably clunky that would be, Roiart, but then I have really skinny wrists that would make anything look utterly huge.

[Haunt Fox]

Originally posted by Brechnor:

Originally posted by Rotiart:

I feel it should be more like a laptop, dedicate less processing power to a touch-screen, and have a keyboard, not all unlike the Pip-boy 1.0 in the intro thing.

Ah you remind me about one of the old voda phone phones, which was horizontal with a slide out keyboard, can't remember what they were called that must be about 10 years ago by now. Not the same, but you reminded me regardless.

So what's this holographic storage stuff (see above about CDs and cubes). Or am I associating the wrong ideas?

[Brechnor]

Originally posted by isengrim:

Originally posted by Brechnor:

Ah you remind me about one of the old voda phone phones, which was horizontal with a slide out keyboard, can't remember what they were called that must be about 10 years ago by now. Not the same, but you reminded me regardless.

So what's this holographic storage stuff (see above about CDs and cubes). Or am I associating the wrong ideas?

Just the fact that the technology itself does exist, I don't believe it's been commercially viable yet though.

[Rotiart]

Originally posted by isengrim:

I can't imagine how uncomfortably clunky that would be, Roiart, but then I have really skinny wrists that would make anything look utterly huge.

Well, I mean, the Pip-boy is essentially a barbell strapped to your wrist, so that's to be expected.

[Haunt Fox]

Oh, that shiny hologram thing on my bank card. Doh.

[Haunt Fox]

Originally posted by Rotiart:

Originally posted by isengrim:

I can't imagine how uncomfortably clunky that would be, Roiart, but then I have really skinny wrists that would make anything look utterly huge.

Well, I mean, the Pip-boy is essentially a barbell strapped to your wrist, so that's to be expected.

Considering the in-game ones are supposed to be _mechanical_ computers, yeah, they'd weigh a _ton_.

I wonder why those old computer monitors could only show green? When we already had colour TV?

[Caedo]

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[Caedo]

About the best you could do is the phone app in a case, I think.

[opjose]

Here is one, and I've seen better

https://learn.adafruit.com/raspberry-pi-pipboy-3000/overview

[Haunt Fox]

3-D printing. Another sci fi thing.

[opjose]

This one has the software available to download

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcVX6irvDzA

[Kasane Randell MFer]

I forgot that in futurama, leela had a pipboy.

Bethesda did make one, useable by the smart phones but it has a size restriction. To me that's as pretty close as we will get with one.

[DefraggedSSD]

Originally posted by isengrim:

Originally posted by Rotiart:

Well, I mean, the Pip-boy is essentially a barbell strapped to your wrist, so that's to be expected.

Considering the in-game ones are supposed to be _mechanical_ computers, yeah, they'd weigh a _ton_.

I wonder why those old computer monitors could only show green? When we already had colour TV?

if your talking about the pip boy and computers, they do show multiple colours.