Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Monocle
A pocket sized AR device for the imaginative hacker
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Monocle launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A Flipper Zero clone, but cheapest, DIY and simply Open Source, made with Arduino IDE - lraton/FlopperZiro
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi. I heard HN likes e-paper gadgets so I wanted to share a little side project I’ve been working on with @sqfmi. We’re building Beepberry - a portable e-paper computer for hackers, designed for chatting on Beeper. My day job is running Beeper [0], but I will always have a soft spot for building hardware. I wanted to create a ‘weekend’ device that would let me stay in touch with friends and family, without the distractions of a full smartphone. I imagined a tiny, hackable e-paper screen with a physical keyboard, powered by a Raspberry Pi, that I could use to chat around my home…and pretty…
2023 · beepberry.sqfmi.com · its alternatives →
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Raspberry Pi 3▲4383nd generation with faster processor, wireless and Bluetooth
2016 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →
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A few months ago, I was inspired by this post on Reddit, titled: Food items should have QR codes that instruct the microwave exactly what to do. Like high for 2 minutes, let stand 1 minute, medium 1 minutes.. I thought this was a pretty cool idea, and that it
2013 · madebynathan.com · its alternatives →
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Raspberry Pi 2▲2882nd generation with faster processor and more memory
2015 · raspberrypi.org · its alternatives →
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Using only a Raspberry Pi and an $11 video capture dongle, you can create your own KVM over IP device, allowing you to send keyboard input to a remote computer and capture its display.
2020 · mtlynch.io · its alternatives →
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2017 · kelu124.gitbooks.io · its alternatives →
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2013 · raspberry.io · its alternatives →
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ClipDrop▲651AR Copy Paste - Capture and transfer anything around you
2020 · clipdrop.co · its alternatives →
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Pi▲117The all-in-one productivity powerhouse for your whole day
2018 · pipipi.co · its alternatives →
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Real-world AR with Google's new IoT platform
2018 · experiments.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →
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Tingbot▲119Transform your Raspberry Pi into a platform for creativity
2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Turing Pi is a compact ARM cluster that provides a secure and scalable compute in the edge. It is designed to make web-scale edge computing easier for developers.
2020 · turingpi.com · its alternatives →
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I've been hacking away lately, and I'm now proud to show off my newest project - The Icepi Zero! In case you don't know what an FPGA is, this phrase summarizes it perfectly: "FPGAs work like this. You don't tell them what to do, you tell them what to BE." You don't program them, but you rewrite the circuits they contain! So I've made a PCB that carries an ECP5 FPGA, and has a raspberry pi zero footprint. It also has a few improvements! Notably the 2 USB b ports are replaced with 3 USB C ports, and it has multiple LEDs. This board can output HDMI, read from a uSD, use a SDRAM and much more.…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Smaller, better, and cheaper: $20
2014 · raspberrypi.org · its alternatives →
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Pip▲89A handheld device that teaches coding and electronics.
2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Prynt Pocket▲129Photo printer that uses AR to create moving pictures
2017 · prynt.co · its alternatives →
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Flipper Zero▲88A portable multi-tool device styled as a Tamagotchi
2020 · flipper.net · its alternatives →
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Arduboy▲156A mini open-source game system you can program yourself 👾
2016 · arduboy.com · its alternatives →
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