So, basically, you want to get rid of a generic purpose powerful yet sometimes unpredictable hardware, and get specialized little boxes in the middle of everything instead.256K wrote:minus that 13" middle man that's always getting in the middle of everything

The Bome box is USB powered but seems to be managed through a web UI, using wifi or ethernet I'd suppose.
So anything that can run a web browser can edit the box, which is cool for people with tablets or fancy smartphones. And computers.
Well thought out little box, I'd say.