Tag: Modular
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Google’s Project Ara – Revolutionising Modular Smartphones
In 2013 just after Dave Hakkens announced a modular phone concept called Phonebloks, shortly afterwards Motorola (owned by Google) announced Project Ara and stated how they would be working in collaboration with Phonebloks. The concept from both seemed too good to be true. The modular mobile phone, a step away from the incremental updates offered…
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Samsung Demonstrates 170-Inch SUHD TV (Which is Actually a Lot of Smaller TVs)
One of last week’s CES stand outs was Samsung’s revelation of a modular TV prototype which can be built up by multiple panels for a seamless viewing experience. Despite having no plans to release the concept to the consumer market, or at least not yet anyway, Samsung took to the floor at the Las Vegas…
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Fairphone 2 – Repair Your Own Modular Smartphone
Fairphone is a small Dutch company startup that has big plans to change the way phones are built, not only in design but also through the resources involved in production, notably free from conflict minerals. Fairphone has managed to be the first company to ship a fully modular smart phone. The Fairphone 2 is the…
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Google X Working on Connectable Displays
So you guys may have heard of Project Ara, Google’s attempt to create a smartphone which allows the user to swap in and swap out certain parts of the phone with modules purchased separately. Ara supposedly allows the user to make a custom smartphone out of the pieces they require. Well, according to online sources,…
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CES 2013: Valve finally confirms Linux ‘Steam Box’ games console
Perhaps the rumours just got a bit too much. Valve CEO Gabe Newell has revealed that his company is in fact working on hardware in the form of a ‘Steam Box’ games console, at this year’s CES show in Las Vegas. From an interview with The Verge, we’ve learned some interesting stuff about the…
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Amoeba modular USB flash drive – Multi segmented data storage gadget
A South Korean designer has come up with a very unique way of storing our data with flash drives. Basing his design on the traditional USB flash drive, Hyunsoo Song has created a concept for the Amoeba modular flash drive. The Amoeba is a segmented device which in concept could be used as one complete…