CES always marks a point of reflection for me – a time to look back at the prior year and see how we measured up.  It was at CES 2008 that we officially launched Bug Labs and won the CNET “Best of Show Award for Emerging Technology”.  It was a heady week.  It’s hard to [...]

If you’re like me, you start to reflexively roll your eyes when you see some new, previously unmolested noun get saddled with the term “social”.  We have social everything these days.  And the trend doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.  The reason I think, though it doesn’t lessen the annoyance factor, is that the term [...]

It is time to get your tickets and check out the lineup of speakers this year, featuring some of the biggest game-changers in Open Hardware history. Bug Labs is proud to be a catalyst in this revolutionary movement.TICKETSPlease, purchase your tickets here: http://ohs2011-eorg.eventbrite.com/Tickets include breakfast, lunch, snack time, cocktails, plus an amazing goodie bag from our [...]

I have a deep seated ambivalence for the term “M2M”.  I see it as an anachronism, too rooted in the past to be useful to us now.  But today everyone is using it to describe all kinds of markets/technologies.  Between the term’s history and the current hype I can’t help but think it’s confusing the [...]

A few years ago I started a company called Antenna Software.  For those of you old enough to remember, the Mobile Internet was going-to-be-huge in 2000…  Eleven years later it’s now starting to live up to that promise and Antenna has benefitted from the upswell.  Antenna focuses on what’s called the Mobile Enterprise, a market [...]

Sponsor the Summit!Sponsorship for the Open Hardware Summit is open! Special thanks to our sponsors who have already donated.Founded last year by Bug Labs and littleBits, The summit is in its second iteration in partnership with MAKE and Makerfaire at the New York Hall of Science. Last year, 350 people came together to share knowledge [...]

1 – It’s new – No.  The acronym “M2M” is at least 30 years old and so is the concept.  The good news is – it has a history of solid business value.2 – It’s a market – It’s not.  It’s a heterogeneous collection of hundreds, if not thousands, of vertical niche markets (worldwide) all [...]

Today we announced an exclusive, new partnership with Arrow Electronics, (NYSE:ARW) an $18B, worldwide electronics parts distributor and solutions vendor.  It would be tempting to file this under the “no big deal” category, but you’d be making a mistake. This partnership could have far reaching implications for not only Bug Labs but for the Open Hardware [...]

* * * Please Redistribute * * *The Open Hardware Summit (OHS) invites submissions for the second annual summit, to be held on September 15, 2011 in New York City. The Open Hardware Summit is a venue to present, discuss, and learn about open hardware of all kinds. The summit examines open hardware and its [...]

With the growing interest in machine-to-machine (M2M) devices and connectivity, enterprises today are looking to capitalize on opportunities presented by this trend. At the same time, developers face challenges related to new device development, as many industries require components that ensure that devices are fully protected against external security threats. From preventing data from being [...]