http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/ Engadget Comments for Working Bug Labs hardware hands-on http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/Nov 20th 2007 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/Nov 20th 2007 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/Nov 23rd 2007 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/Nov 20th 2007 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/]]>Nov 20th 2007 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/Nov 20th 2007 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/
Total geekdom. I can't imagine anyone buying into this transformer propaganda. But it's just like every other gadget that tries to do everything, and ends up sucking at everything it does.]]>Nov 20th 2007 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/Nov 21st 2007 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/Nov 20th 2007 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/Nov 21st 2007 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/Nov 20th 2007 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/
These modules could very well see use in critical care/emergency arena in addition to in-car.

It's an innovative use of technology that I'm sure will find application in more than one domain.

Obviously it's not going to target the high-end dedicated/custom devices and you'll probably not be walking around with a few modules clipped to your belt anytime soon...but so what?]]>Nov 20th 2007 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/Nov 20th 2007 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/
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Apple many times has demonstrated that people can't deal with complex gadgetry. Take iPod. It's like any other mp3 player with less features, but made pretty and simple. EVERYBODY LOVES IT. Take iPhone. It's like any other smart phone, only with fewer features, and made pretty. EVERYBODY LOVES IT. Take even RAZR, same phone made pretty and simpler. People generally don't care for complexity, expandability, universality. What they care is simplicity, usability, fadability.

I remain pessimistic of general public's ability to accept a device that does "ANYTHING YOU WANT". How are you going to market it? At what department at your local circuitcity/bestbuy/wallmart/etc will this be sold? People don't walk around looking for "do anything you want gadget". So the audience for this product will be people that can't find a device to do what they want (that's sometimes me, and I'm a very small percentage of the population to begin with), or total geeks that just love gadgetry (that's me, there are a few more geeks).]]>Nov 21st 2007 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/Nov 21st 2007 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/20/first-shots-of-working-bug-labs-hardware/
if you're into DIY, it's still cheaper and better to just get an old ipaq pocketpc on ebay. $20 for an arm cpu touchscreen device. serial out means you can easily interface to a pic chip to control robotics, cf cameras, gps.. etc. that particluar ppc can run linux or win ce... need I continue?

if you just need 1 device to control your toy roboto or roomba then whatever.. but if you needed to buy say 20 units for soem sort of display or installation, this is one of the worst ways to go...


sorry, if bug labs reads this, it's great you're doing it and all... but it's lacking on anything that would appeal to more than the duct taper beginner diy crowd. not seeing anything here that I couldn't already get off the shelf for cheaper, with a little bit of thought.

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