The new Pebble Time and Pebble Time Steel smartwatches have color displays and batteries that can run for a week or longer. But that’s not the only thing that separates them from the original Pebble Smartwatch. Pebble also added a 4-pin connector to the back of the watch. You can use it to charge the […]
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XO-Infinity is a modular laptop for students, picks up where OLPC left off
The One Laptop Per Child project introduced the idea of small, low-cost, low-power durable laptops that could be used by students around the world, with a special focus on developing markets. The first XO Laptop units shipped in 2007, and over the next few years the developers improved the hardware and software… and inspired the […]
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4 Comments on SolidEnergy is building a better battery for Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone
SolidEnergy is building a better battery for Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone
4 Comments on SolidEnergy is building a better battery for Google’s Project Ara modular smartphoneLast year, Google started providing developer kits for its Project Ara modular smartphone to third-party developers. Since then, developers have been scrambling to create technology to use with the device, including processor chips, display screens, and possibly even a compatible smart watch. In a recent interview with Forbes, SolidEnergy’s CEO, Dr. Qichao Hu said the […]
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Project Ara smartphone modules: Sennheiser audio, Innolux displays
Google hopes to launch a pilot program to sell modular smartphone kits based on Project Ara later this year. But a modular smartphone is only as good as the modules you can use to customize the device. Fortunately there are already third-party developers working on modules. The folks at Phonebloks are highlighting some of them, including […]
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Blocks modular smartwatch might support Project Ara smartphone modules
The folks at PhoneBloks have been envisioning a future where consumer devices are modular: want a new screen, a bigger battery, or a new camera for your smartphone? Just pop out your old module and slide in a new one. PhoneBloks served as part of the inspiration for Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone, and now the […]
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Project Ara video: Swapping screens, cameras, speakers on Google’s modular phones
Google’s Project Ara is an effort to create modular smartphones that let you pull out the processor, battery, camera, or just about any component and replace it with a new module. At the second Ara Developers Conference today Google announced that it would launch a pilot program in Puerto Rico later this year. But the […]
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Google to launch modular smartphone pilot in Puerto Rico this year (Project Ara)
Google hopes to begin selling the first Project Ara modular smartphones soon. But first, the company will hold a marketing pilot in Puerto Rico. That should launch before the end of 2015. The company is holding its second Ara developer conference today, where Google is talking to developers about creating modules for the phones. Google […]
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Google updates Project Ara modular smartphone MDK (module developers kit)
Google has released version 0.2 Alpha of the Project Ara MDK. This is the set of data and tools developers can use to create modules for Google’s upcoming modular smartphone. Later this year Google hopes to sell customers an endoskeleton for a Project Ara smartphone, allowing them to pick and choose modules for the processor, screen, […]
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Amplicity is a modular, rentable PC loaded with software
Amplicity is a new type of computer from startup The Hive which aims to capitalize on a few of the hottest trends on the PC space: tiny computers, modular devices, and software-as-a-service. Here’s the idea: Amplicity is a pocket-sized PC module. Insert it into a dock and it becomes a full-fledged desktop. You can use the […]
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Closer look at the Lenovo ThinkPad Stack modular notebook accessories
Lenovo’s ThinkPad Stack is a new system of laptop accessories that include a portable battery, hard drive, wireless access point, and Bluetooth speaker. What puts the Stack in their name is the way they’re designed to work together: you can stack these accessories on top of one another. Magnets make them click into place, and pogo pins […]