TY - GEN
T1 - MiniBUG
T2 - 5th International Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI'11
AU - Gibb, Alicia
AU - Faludi, Robert
AU - Steingart, Daniel Artemus
PY - 2011/3/11
Y1 - 2011/3/11
N2 - Bug Labs [i] is an open source company attempting to democratize innovation through Linux-based prototyping devices. To scale our product line we recognized certain factors that needed to prioritized: functionality, connection, shape and size, and economics. While three of these factors were addressed by the original BUGbase, the original unit is relatively expensive. At a cost of roughly $800, the BUGbase is beyond the reach of many prototypers [ii]. MiniBUG is in development - a smaller unit with a streamlined feature set and sale price of less than $100. This work represents the critical assessment of the original unit and the resulting miniBUG unit. The research collected was used to reflect on the process of designing miniBUG while considering price point, flexibility, affordances in the functionality, and the usability of the complete system.
AB - Bug Labs [i] is an open source company attempting to democratize innovation through Linux-based prototyping devices. To scale our product line we recognized certain factors that needed to prioritized: functionality, connection, shape and size, and economics. While three of these factors were addressed by the original BUGbase, the original unit is relatively expensive. At a cost of roughly $800, the BUGbase is beyond the reach of many prototypers [ii]. MiniBUG is in development - a smaller unit with a streamlined feature set and sale price of less than $100. This work represents the critical assessment of the original unit and the resulting miniBUG unit. The research collected was used to reflect on the process of designing miniBUG while considering price point, flexibility, affordances in the functionality, and the usability of the complete system.
KW - Bug Labs
KW - MiniBUG
KW - Prototyping systems
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U2 - 10.1145/1935701.1935758
DO - 10.1145/1935701.1935758
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79952331539
SN - 9781450306287
T3 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI'11
SP - 267
EP - 268
BT - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI'11
Y2 - 23 January 2011 through 26 January 2011
ER -