MNT Reform Touch
Open Hardware tablet device
For an increasing amount of people tablets are the main computing device - as a simpler, more portable alternative to laptop or desktop computers. Tablets are particularly suited for consuming entertainment and web browsing. They also serve some specialized use cases in digital design, AR, and education. This rise in usage has not been accompanied by an equivalent openness in terms of development and maintenance. Desktop computers are typically easy to take apart and upgrade with commodity components, and for laptops this is often possible to some extent as well.
The tablet devices consumers typically use are locked down black boxes running operating systems that consistently compromise privacy and security. This project aims to develop an open source hardware table based on modular principles, with a focus on Linux Mobile integration. A such its contributes meaningfully to a growing ecosystem of FOSS devices.
- The project's own website: https://mntre.com/reform.html
Run by MNT Research GmbH
This project was funded through the NGI0 Commons Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101135429. Additional funding is made available by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
