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Teeny Web Server is Smaller Than a Business Card, and Way More Useful
Posted by Kit Eaton at 12:15 AM on September 27, 2008
Hackaday's running a cute little electronics project at the mo (well, if you think electronics can be cute) which shows you how to build a fully working web server on a circuit board no bigger than a business card, in plan at least. It's capable of serving up web pages and files and instead of using tricky-to-access EEPROMs it runs from code stored on a FAT-formatted SD card—easily accessible by PC. Check it out: it's pretty fascinating, and is a project you can follow...assuming you're darn good at delicate soldering work, and are into DIY electronics. Just don't go sewing the board to any clothing. [Hackaday via BBG]
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GHETTO.CHiLD
Posted 12:43 AM 27/9/08
I don't have the soldering skills needed to make this, but if you put a nice brushed aluminum case around it I would totally buy one.
GHETTO.CHiLD
andrelix
Posted 12:39 AM 27/9/08
I would say plan view, not profile view (sorry, Civil Engineer nerd)...
andrelix
krystar
Posted 12:57 AM 27/9/08
and it has a skull and crossbones etched into the board. which gives it +9000 points
krystar
FredicvsMaximvs
Posted 12:50 AM 27/9/08
I DO think this is cute.
I guess that says a lot about me...
FredicvsMaximvs
Macdelaney
Posted 1:32 AM 27/9/08
@GHETTO.CHiLD: me too, considering this shouldn't be expensive i think
Macdelaney
borgseawolf
Posted 1:29 AM 27/9/08
So when can we run web servers from our cellphones?
borgseawolf
beekerstudios
Posted 2:22 AM 27/9/08
@Wandel: exactly what i was going to say, it installs apache or tomcat or something. Hello people, the iPhone is running unix! I don't exactly understand the purpose, maybe to share files with someone in your local area network. I bet there is a way to create an ad-hoc network too, but I don't know for sure.
beekerstudios
Wandel
Posted 2:05 AM 27/9/08
@borgseawolf: Isn't there a web server app available for the iPhone?
Wandel
JEmlay
Posted 3:23 AM 27/9/08
That's pretty awesome. With the recent release of a 16GB Micro SD card that would be onehellofa website!
JEmlay
Con Seannery
Posted 3:24 AM 27/9/08
But, if I sew it into clothing, I can make new pickup lines.
"Hey baby, wanna connect to MY webserver?"
"Yeah, you can check your MySpace RIGHT HERE..."
Con Seannery
markps
Posted 5:50 AM 27/9/08
Yeah this one is nice because of the flash memory but tiny web servers have been around for a few years now. [d116.com] and a few running a subset of Linux! much better than this 8bit PIC processor.
markps
anti-hello-kitty
Posted 6:42 AM 27/9/08
@borgseawolf: You can, if you have a Nokia phone Mobile Web Server
anti-hello-kitty
KarinDiscoGirl
Posted 11:46 AM 27/9/08
@krystar: Oh it does! I completely missed that! And I call myself a pirate...arrrr, this be a sad day.
KarinDiscoGirl
pinchies
Posted 9:07 AM 29/9/08
But will it survive /. ?
pinchies
LeeLycus
Posted 2:28 AM 27/9/08
The iPhone app is called Air Sharing. It was free up until a couple days ago, now it's $6.99 I think. It's not a full web server, but it does have a file serving function that will run in any browser. I assume that would be the most common use for a mobile web server anyhow.
LeeLycus