Get the BUG at CES Bug Labs is exhibiting at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show week of Jan.7 and is inviting engineers to the Innovations Pods area located in the Sands Convention Center to build any type of device they want, without "having to solder, learn solid state electronics, or go to China", say its principles.	Nic Mokhoff Research Editor
BUGbase, an Linux-based, web-enabled, modular software and hardware platform, is a collection of open source hardware modules, each capable of producing one or more Web services. The modules snap together physically and the services connect together logically. The NYC-based company, which has created a stir on the web with its Bugblogger, will have a station at CES where you can play and help create a new device right there on the show floor. BUGbase is a Linux ARM1136JF-S-based microprocessor computer, has 128MBytes of RAM, a built-in WiFi, rechargeable battery, USB, Ethernet, and a small LCD with button controls. Peter Semmelhack, Bug Labs' founder and CEO, notes that BUG helps one explore the realm of personalized devices and applications, and find ways to solve many of the problems current gadgets can't. For example, with BUG, one can assemble and program a GPS plus digital camera device that automatically publishes geo-tagged photos as a web service. This can be integrated with an online photo-sharing service like Flickr with a few lines of code to create a personal real-time, connected traffic-enabled mobile Webcam. Semmelhack likes to say that Bug Labs is transforming Consumer Electronics to Community Electronics. Give it a whirl at the Sands Innovations Pods, booth #IP 256. The platform is designed to enable a collaborative development environment via BUGnet to be launched soon. This online community will enable developers to jointly build products or services. Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Jan 5, 2008 12:47 PM in Consumer

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