Ever since William Gibson’s Neuromancer, thousands or even millions of nerds worldwide have fantasized about the idea of the ‘deck’, or ‘cyberdeck’ as it has been known in later cyberpunk fiction. The idea is that of a portable computer, but not like a laptop—more akin to something like a condensed Commodore 64, with no integrated display. In real life, these machines are usually intended to be used with a head-mounted display.
What you’re seeing in the pictures is for real: it’s a tiny mini-PC not unlike those you’d buy from Minisforum, Beelink, or Geekom, except that it also unfolds into a scissor-switch mechanical keyboard. There’s a tiny integrated trackpad, and while the nominal power limit of the Ryzen APU inside is just 15W, the manufacturer will apparently let you unlock it all the way up to 50W, which should drastically improve performance.
Who is the maker? Shanghai Shoujie Technology Co. Despite the name, the Lunar appears to originate from a subdivision of that company that is based out of Hong Kong, at least according to the Kickstarter campaign. This device already launched earlier this year, exclusively in China, which is probably why the Kickstarter campaign’s goal was a paltry $1,674.
If you’re interested in a pocket-sized folding mechanical keyboard that includes an eight-core Ryzen SoC inside, head over to Lunar’s kickstarter page to put in your order. The company says that it expects the first units to ship overseas in January.