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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Gadgets

Bug Labs Releases Wi-Fi Base At Last

3:00AM Joanna Stern | When Bug Labs, the open source gadget hardware kit launched almost two years ago, we had one complaint. Its main base lacked built-in Wi-Fi. Today the Bug guys are changing that with the BUGbase WiFi. More »
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Gadgets

Quake Running on Bug Labs’ BUG (About Time)

11:40AM Jesus Diaz | I guess this is it: Bug Labs’ BUG has graduated from weird modular little thingie with not much use for most to weird modular little thingie with not much use for most but plays Quake. More »
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Gadgets

Bug Labs QWERTY Module Prototype Deemed QWERTYy

4:10AM Mark Wilson | We had a quick hands-on with a prototype of the upcoming Bug Labs QWERTY module. The keys were tiny, requiring fingernail presses, but overall it felt pretty solid with firm buttons resistant to mistypes. More »
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Gadgets

Bug Labs Open Source Gadgets Getting Pico Projector, 3G modules and More

5:24AM Brian Lam | Bug Labs, the system of open source gadget building blocks, is getting pico projector, speaker, 3G, combo Bluetooth/WiFi and a 802.15.4 radio module. More »
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Gadgets

Bug Labs’ Modular Gadget System Gets New Add-On, BUGvonHippel

1:45AM John Mahoney | In the first expansion of the original four modules for the build-your-own-tech Bug system, the BUGvonHippel gives an open input board for connecting just about any sensor or interface imaginable to your Bug creation. More »
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Gadgets

Bug Labs Open Source Gadget Store Now Open

8:00AM Jason Chen | The Bug Labs open source do-it-yourself hardware gadget store is now splayed open, ripe for a hot injection of your cash. AU: They don’t appear to ship to Australia just yet, but keep an eye out for that to change – something like this will definitely go global eventually. [Bug Labs] More »
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
Gadgets

Bug Labs Store Launches Monday, Minus Wi-Fi

10:21AM Brian Lam | Bug Labs, the open source gadget hardware kit, will go on sale on Monday at around noon EST. But without Wi-Fi. Getting reliable open source Wi-Fi drivers in the base unit has been problematic, so they’re launching without it in a special HiroP unit, named after the main character in Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. There is some good news, though. More »
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Sunday, January 6, 2008
Gadgets

Bug Labs Open Source Do-It-Yourself Gadget Gets a Hacking Module, Pricing

7:00AM Jason Chen | Those Bug Labs open source modular gadgets—the ones that you can buy in pieces and build your own gadget with—have just gotten pricing and availability details. They’re also announcing a Von Hippel module, which allows an I/O interface so you can “further” hack your BUG. If you buy the modules in the first 60 days, you’ll get a discount off of the already fairly reasonable prices. More »
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Saturday, December 22, 2007
Hardware

Bug Labs SDK Now Available

11:15AM Adrian Covert | For those who can’t wait to get their hands on the actual Bug Labs hardware, the Dragonfly SDK is now available for download with virtual hardware, so you can start working on your own apps and genius implementations for the hardware. [Bug Blogger] More »
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Hardware

Bug Labs Interview: Why Open Source Hardware When Open Software Is So Powerful By Itself?

9:43AM Brian Lam | I sat down with Peter Semmelhack, CEO of Bug labs, to talk about his open source hardware gadgets. My first question for him was why open source hardware when open source software is so powerful and easier to implement? His answer explained how Bug Labs should anticipate the innovative hacks (like Lego Mindstorm), but also how it compares to out of the box gadgets built on closed systems. (There’s room for both in the world.) More interview clips to come. More »
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