A Hardware Mashup Device Running Linux

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday August 31, 2008 @03:49AM from the diversity-breeds-creativity dept.

jonniee writes "Mike Riley over at Dr. Dobb's takes a look at 'The BUG,' from Bug labs. It's a Linux-based, Java-programmable electronic base with I/O ports for connecting BUGmodules — individual modules that supply additional functionality to the BUGbase. Four BUGmodules currently exist: a color LCD screen, a combined motion detector/accelerometer, GPS, and a 2-megapixel color camera. You can think of it as 'electronic LEGOs' that let you build different devices depending on how you plug the modules together."

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Re:Try Arduino, or build your own by CaptainPatent · 2008-08-31 04:10 · Score: 4, Funny

You can think of it as 'electronic LEGOs' that let you build different devices depending on how you plug the modules together.

The BUG looks pretty slick, but it's $350 just for the base module! Add on modules like an LCD or GPS are about $100 each. Ouch.
Wow, so they're CHEAP Legos!

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Re:It's not news by Yvan256 · 2008-08-31 04:32 · Score: 4, Funny

Hey, I found one from august too.