More on Bug Lab’s Lego Consumer Electronics Products and the likes (Part -2 )

Gone are the days when a prototype has to cost hundreds even thousands of dollars and in comes user configurable gadgets that do what the user wants when they want it. That is kind of the dilemma with today’s gizmos and gadgets for they all do their own specific tasks and they do it so [...]

Posted by Nick at 7:40 am

More on Bug Lab’s Lego Consumer Electronics Products and the likes ( Part -1)

Most budding programmers and developers of years past were familiar with the platform for the products released by Bug Labs is similar to the prototyping system implemented and used by electronics enthusiasts. Based on very simple processor, a bit of memory and power regulation circuits, what these guys did was pure genius. They standardized the [...]

Posted by Nick at 7:38 am

Solar Powered Chargers for Gadgets and Gizmos - Part 2

The bigger backpacks have a capacity to provide 14.7 watts of power from a day’s worth of being under sunlight. And the smaller models have the capacity to give you 4 watts of power which translates to one and a half hours of cell use, or three hours of iPod use. The internal custom battery [...]

Posted by Nick at 10:02 am

Solar Powered Chargers for Gadgets and Gizmos – Part 1

Now everybody who has a gadget or two in your arsenal that you carry around knows that these dandy gadgets have a knack for running out of battery power when you need them most. Add to that our never ending thirst for electrical power to power up these devices and the opposing need for more [...]

Posted by Nick at 9:56 am

Lego-Style Consumer Electronics

Bug Labs showcased its Lego-style products in the current 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The said system evolved around a BUGbase system which was essentially a programmable/hackable Linux based computer with the CPU, Ram, built-in WiFi, a rechargeable battery pack to provide power, USB Interface, Ethernet and a small lcd to show [...]

Posted by Nick at 9:56 am