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Linux-Powered Lego-Like Devices Target Developers
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."
Now we can have open-source linux fanatics...graduating from elementary school.
Now there is an idea worthy of speculation -- modular porn.
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Grow up, get a real job, and just buy an iphone. There is seriously no room for hobbyists here. Everything is shifting towards black boxes and it is actually a good thing. With more blackbox technology run by competent tech companies we can actually have a coherent and stable technology infrastructure. Windows, for instance, was never the problem, it was the loose amount of software that could be run on it without any checks, and the pc industry breaking functionality. But seriously back to the point, what is the point of all this? You want portable, just get an apple product. Don't fuck with anything like the nokia tablets or anything like that. Technology will be able to flourish and at the same time be orderly and 'just work' if we just stuck to coherency.