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Linux-Powered Lego-Like Devices Target Developers

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the plug-and-play dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A six-person startup is readying a product resembling nothing so much as a set of electronic Legos for device designers. The idea is to provide a set of snap-together components from which engineers can build 'anything,' the company claims, without having to learn solid state electronics. Both hardware and software (Linux/Java phoneME/OSGi) are open source, so that over time, the Lego box will grow, the company hopes. Initially, there's an ARM11-powered base with built-in wifi, and modules for camera, GPS, motion detector, LCD display, keyboard, touchscreen, and stereo speakers. Ooh, and a mysterious 'teleporter,' too."

2 of 164 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Do you program them in Logo? by ady1 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Its LEGO, you insensitive clod!

  2. Re:Right.... by maxwell+demon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Yeah, and we built it outta BUGS!!!!"

    Cue ASP.NET jokes in 3... 1... 2... Your countdown seems a bit buggy ...
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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.