Posted by: Buzz in iCLuster
No joy so far, and despite my postings to the local freecycle groups my list postings have been rejected as being “too extravagant” …
Ok so I can understand their reasoning with it being a request for 1st gen iPhones … still dissapointing as the intention is in fact to recycle them into a working cluster …
Ho hum …
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So the 3g iPhone is out, and a _lot_ of 1st gen iPhone people are looking to grab this new phone as a replacement due to the new features, 3g, gps etc …
That leaves a _LOT_ of 1st gen iPhones that potentially are going to end up on your local dump (landfill) …
Further to the “Green Giant” beowulf cluster project, with the 1st gen iPhone having been cracked open for homebrew multiple times (Hackaday search for Iphone), why not try to re-cycle the 1st gen iPhones into this project as cluster nodes?
I am now looking at places like freecycle to see if I can get hold of any 1st gen’s to do development on … time will tell
But one of the features I have planned should I be able to get hold of a 1st gen or two is using the accelerometer to control the nodes online / offline status …
Anyway all concept and dreams unless one appears.
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