Epic win. This platform is so freakin cool. I have a feeling Bug labs will streamline the whole system in the future, and when that happens I will definitely buy one. A bit too bulky for my liking right now.
I agree. Very cool stuff - I applaud them. But am I the only one who thinks $549 is a bit pricey? I mean I'm all for hardware hacking, but that's a ridiculous amount to spend on hardware, especially for us first users. I like the way they say "wifi-free" as in the base doesn't even come with wifi (meaning add $50-75 for wifi in the next release). Thanks but no thanks, I'll stick with my Arduino and my eeePC...
Ehhhh, its too bulky and expensive to be useful as a consumer electronics toy even if someone ports a decent OS to it (Maemo or Familiar perhaps?), and there's too little I/O for it to be useful as a hacking/robotics platform.
What's worse is that you can get all of that functionality smaller and cheaper in one package already, without having to swap modules.
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Epic win. This platform is so freakin cool. I have a feeling Bug labs will streamline the whole system in the future, and when that happens I will definitely buy one. A bit too bulky for my liking right now.
a bit bulky yeah but definitely a lot more geeky!
I agree. Very cool stuff - I applaud them. But am I the only one who thinks $549 is a bit pricey? I mean I'm all for hardware hacking, but that's a ridiculous amount to spend on hardware, especially for us first users. I like the way they say "wifi-free" as in the base doesn't even come with wifi (meaning add $50-75 for wifi in the next release). Thanks but no thanks, I'll stick with my Arduino and my eeePC...
Ehhhh, its too bulky and expensive to be useful as a consumer electronics toy even if someone ports a decent OS to it (Maemo or Familiar perhaps?), and there's too little I/O for it to be useful as a hacking/robotics platform.
What's worse is that you can get all of that functionality smaller and cheaper in one package already, without having to swap modules.
Nifty concept, but unlikely to succeed.