The new BUGbases are here! The new BUGbases are here!

I've been tracking Bug Labs this for awhile.

Well, Bug Labs posted the following announcement on their news feed today

Bug Labs Store is open

More precisely, they are taking pre-orders. Order fulfillment is supposed to start before March 17^th.

They're making of point of reminding folks that the Bug environment requires Java skills, so I'm going to reiterate this admonition.

With early-adopter pricing at $549 for the bundle, this is phenomenal.

The bundle includes:

• BUGbase 'Hiro P' Edition
• BUGview - 2.46" 320x240 touch sensitive LCD screen
  
• BUGmotion - motion detector and accelerometer
  
• BUGlocate - GPS receiver (SiRF)
  
• BUGcam2MP - 2 megapixel camera with built-in flash and 2x optical zoom

802.11b/g is still in the pipeline.

Given a choice between an iPhone and one of these?

Hmmm...

/me trundles off to discuss it with the better half...

Tub o' Mini Devil Duckies - because you need 12 dozen of the little devils

Tub o' Mini Devil Duckies

And be sure to check out the other products.

Marshmallow Bow & Mallow - because food fights are serious business

A holiday gift for all ages. :-)

Marshmallow Bow and Mallow

Buglabs no longer in wood mode

I posted an link to buglabs back in September. Meanwhile, it looks like they're making progress.

They've posted some product images.

Robert Scoble posted a series of video interviews to his blog.
BugLabs.net’s really cool reconfigurable gadget in depth

This is insanely cool!

Protective Insert for Baseball Cap - because your head might not be hard enough

From Spycatcher of Knightsbridge,

Protective Insert for Baseball Cap

SuperCoder 2000 - because you need 011000100110100101101110011000010111001001111001

From TechEBlog - SuperCoder 2000

Wooden cases - because you need more proof that trees are an important concept in programming

From SCI FI Tech,

Hand-carved wood PC

I wonder if it's available in rack-mount.

Gadgets - Because you know you want a chemistry set

Wired Science - Dangerous Science

Computer Hardware Pr0n

Guy Kawasaki tempts us with pictures from Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers.

Oh - gotta go - here comes the wife.

Wood - because trees are an important concept in programming

(note to self: consider adding "logging" label to this post)

Musical Instruments - because not all gadgets require electricity

In Hobbies that do not involve gadgets, Gadgeteer Julie poses the topic of hobbies with no gadgetry involved.

She mentions her acoustic guitar and dulcimer, and asks readers to post their own non-gadget related hobbies.

Ummm...

I hate to break it to her, but I'm thinking musical instruments are probably one of the original gadgets.

(Show of hands - how many starving techies are reformed starving musicians?)

LucidTouch - because I'll need another gadget in the future

Microsoft Research and Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs have teamed up to create LucidTouch, a prototype device with an interesting twist on touch display.

Drool...

Fab@Home - because I need another gadget

This one aligns with an Architect's unnatural attraction to metamodels and whatnot.

Fab@Home

BugLabs - because I need another gadget

Bug Labs BUGBase