Geeky Drunk

The BUGbase from Bug Labs has a 532Mhz processor, memory card slot, USB, Bluetooth and a very small LCD with button controls. It is a “base” that you can easily snap BUG modules onto. It’s kind of like building blocks or LEGO’s for the geeky kid still in us, but it’s really a very cool modular computer based on open source hardware and software.

Do you want a bigger LCD with touch capabilities? Well of course you do so you can see what the computer is doing and control it easily…just snap it on! Do you want GPS? Snap on the GPS BUG module. Do you want 3G? Snap on the 3G BUG module. 5 mega-pixel camera? Accelerometer / Motion detector? …you get the idea.

You can snap on up to four of the 2″ x 2″ BUG modules to the small BUGbase device, and there are going to be 80 BUG modules for you to buy and snap on. It is open source running Linux and Java apps so hopefully you’ll be able to get some help with writing the code to get the modules to run and do some cool stuff. It sounds like a good opportunity for some smart hackers to write programs and make modules for the geeky masses.

For the early adopter geek in you, you can buy the BUGbase right now for $299, versus the normal price of $349. The BUG modules are also discounted for 30 days - check out Bug Labs. To further your geekness, here is a good video of the BUGbase.

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