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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

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

The endless Wi…..WiMax…WiFi

These are two totally different wireless networking standards that only share their first two letters to begin with. WiMax is still in the research and Development phase with many major chip makers such as Intel, Samsung, Motorola and others doing their respective work. WiFi, on the other hand has already been in implementation for quite [...]

Posted by Nick at 3:55 pm

Crossbred MP3 Player and Car ???

Well, you’ve guessed it right. The guys who make the ever popular personal digital music player is now under discussions with one German automaker Volkswagen to make a prototype vehicle that is loaded with the capabilities of the iPod. Based on information gathered from a reliable source, they aim to produce a vehicle that will [...]

Posted by gecko at 2:41 am