There's a new hardware revolution happening—and it's embracing open-source. *Save $10 on your Fitnexa SomniPods 3 with code SNAZZY!* https://go.fitnexa.com/S0oP9W Pebble Index 01 - https://repebble.com/index Framework Laptop 13 Pro - https://frame.work/laptop13pro Matic Robot (1 year free bags with my affiliate link) - https://snazzy.fm/4NkXbW Modos Flow - https://www.crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/modos-flow *Buy FANTASTIC merch at Copland Supply* - https://copland.supply Follow Snazzy Labs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/snazzylabs Follow me on Bluesky - https://snazzy.fm/UW Follow me on Threads - https://snazzy.fm/XV Follow me on Mastodon - https://snazzy.fm/NN Follow me on Instagram - https://instagram.com/snazzyq Four small American companies—Pebble, Framework, Matic, and Modos—are building the most interesting hardware I own, and openness is the reason. The Pebble Index 01 from Eric Migicovsky is a $75 voice-capture ring with on-device transcription, no cloud, no subscription, and webhooks that let me route to Home Assistant, Todoist, and Notion—but its non-rechargeable battery makes it disposable e-waste in about two years, and that's a real problem. The Framework Laptop 13 Pro is the first PC laptop in over a decade I'd tell anyone to buy: CNC aluminum chassis, best-in-class haptic trackpad, custom 3:2 700-nit touch display, Core Ultra X7, LPCAMM2 memory, no adhesive anywhere, QR codes on every part, and it absolutely screams on Linux with CachyOS. The Matic robot vacuum is the only vision-only, LiDAR-free, fully local robot vacuum—Tesla FSD-style neural net navigation, "Hey Matic" natural language processing running on NVIDIA silicon on-vacuum, HomeKit and Matter support, open-sourced Portal networking, best-in-class obstacle avoidance—but at $1,245 (going to $1,495 on September 9) it's a better robot than it is a vacuum. And the Modos Flow is a 13.3-inch 3200x2400 300 PPI e-ink monitor with an FPGA controller pushing 2.1GB/s of memory bandwidth to run 7.68 million independent pixel waveforms at 60Hz, priced at $700 mono and $800 color, with open schematics, firmware, and FPGA gateware. 0:00 Different products, same idea 0:46 A smart ring that isn't smart 4:03 The worst thing about the best thing 7:10 Daddy needs a hair transplant 9:01 Framework finally made a good laptop 12:01 Seriously, it's so easy to open 15:14 Robot vacuum that drives like a Tesla 18:44 Best robot != Best vacuum 22:21 E-ink at 60Hz shouldn't be possible 26:52 Open hardware wins always
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"Anti-subscription starter pack" meanwhile the first product: $75 notes app that you have to repurchase every two years.
That ring would be an instant buy if it was rechargeable
I was about to add it to cart until you said its not rechargeable!
Please keep making videos about open source projects and products like these. Having an API means everything to me.
That vacuum is nearly $1300. Idk what I expected but holy. I’d need a pretty big house to justify the time savings.
The battery being disposable makes this instant buy something I'm literally never going to think about buying. I was so excited.
I love your “hey look at this cool shit” videos and this is one of the best!
The guy behind the modos screen is the best youtuber about e-ink you will ever find period. He is a beast and I will forever be grateful he gave fast refresh rate e-ink screen to the world. Probably gamers or graphic designers will not use it a lot but programmers or people doing lots to paper work on screens, or even at schools, will have an easier time on their eyes with it. And I hope it can get exported to phones too.
The Anti-Subscription yet the two of the products are hardware subscription technically (non-rechargeable ring and the proprietary vacuum bags)
The person who created that e‑ink is a young, bright individual who has spent five or six years of his life on it and has given his work away for free to the world, just unbelievable.
24:04 Uncle Rich jump scare.
I would want an Index 02 that is literally two rings and a base station. Put one on, leave the other one to charge, repeat.
I really appreciate that someone has put this out there; can be so overwhelming on where to start, especially with all the ways things change over thee years.
I own the Pebble Index and while I understand Eric’s philosophy, I’m also confused why instead of doubling down on the irreplaceable battery, he doesn’t accept it as valid customer feedback and build it separately along with the Index as a separate offering. I love the index, but its finite lifespan is a bit of a bummer for me in my use. It feels so new and unique but that is an unfortunate hill to die on.
The fact that the ring is not rechargeable, and the idea that it’s a “philosophical reason” is the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard. If it’s truly a philosophical reason then they should have done everything they could to make sure you never have to take it off. Making it actually usable after coming into contact with water (you know, the thing you do a dozen times a day) would be the BARE MINIMUM. You cannot convince me that it’s anything other than a subscription by another name.
I think I'd be more inclined to buy the ring if it had a charger (and if it was a bit cheaper :P)
I love my Pebble Time 2, it's been a gem
Speaking of little robots: please do a video covering Hugging Face’s Microduck and the Beni robot.
Non rechargeable is insane 😂
0:39 Pretty ironic that every second video is sponsored by a Chinese robot vacuum brand, yet you use an American one. Respect the grind.