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"BugLabs  has finally offered up some more details about its open source hardware tools for building gadgets, called BUG, with the launch of its website today.  It aims to do for gadgets what open source has done for the web.   We first caught wind of the upcoming product late last month.  Pete covered it here.\nIt all starts with the BUGbase, which is the foundation of your BUG device.  It is, in fact, a Linux computer that's fully programmable, and has four connectors for you to combine a variety of BUGmodules to create your gadgets.  A slew of technical specifications include an ARM1136JF-S-based microprocessor, a Smart LCD interface, a camera sensor interface, hardware graphic acceleration, to name just a few.  With its open source approach to modules, you can essentially build the type of gadget you want.\nThe BUGbase is scheduled to be ready for shipping by October of this year, with another round of modules to be ready early next year, including a touch-sensitive, Color LCD - 2X, a mini-QWERTY keyboard, and audio speaker input/output mini jacks.  We'll certainly be anxious to see what kind of products come of BugLabs users, and how they could tie in with web mashups, how they'll affect social networking, and more.\n[via  engadget]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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