After about a year of working with its original kit,
BUG Labs is going next-gen with five new modules to mix-and-match with its Lego-style DIY BUGbase kit. Most of it is connectivity, with BUG3g for 3G phone / data connectivity; BUGwifi, which does 802.11b/g WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR; and BUGbee, a 802.15.4 radio for ZigBee home automation and other "personal area network" fun. On the output front, BUGsound (pictured) provides a 20mm speaker, omnidirectional microphone and four 3.5mm jacks for audio in and out, but we're most stoked about BUGprojector, which uses
Texas Instruments' DLP Pico tech to pump out a 480 x 320 image. All of these new modules work with the existing BUGmodules and that recently introduced BUGvonHippel breadboard. No word on price yet, but they should all ship this quarter. We'll have hands-on with all these goodies later this week.
posted Jan 7th 2009 12:43PM
Cool... so it's a lego for rich kids?
There's something not quite right about that picture.
Why is it next to Fender's ultra-mini amp? Is it supposed to mislead people into believing it's the same size as a Fender halfstack?
I'm not sure how it's of any use to me, but it sounds insanely cool
Where do I get the cool 20mm cable like that one??
Oops I mean 3.5mm
Since that amp uses a standard 1/4" cable (since it's for a guitar), I assume the device connected to it also has a 1/4" jack.
The other ones look smaller.
When I first saw this guy on tv, he was asking how to market his product, I felt so bad because I kept thinking of how bulky it all is, and how unnecessary the concept seemed...and man, look at how far he's come-- these sound like great plugins to the base unit, and I imagine soon enough the size will be miniaturized even further soon enough.. kudos!
Any idea what frequency the 3g module uses?