Bug Labs is a technology company headquartered in New York City that develops and sells open-source hardware peripherals for rapid prototyping

Rapid prototyping

Rapid prototyping is the automatic construction of physical objects using additive manufacturing technology. The first techniques for rapid prototyping became available in the late 1980s and were used to produce models and prototype parts. Today, they are used for a much wider range of applications...

 of electronic devices. The company developed a Lego-like hardware platform that technology enthusiasts, hobbyists and engineers can use to create their own digital devices. Currently, the company accepts pre-orders for second version of their hardware range.

In fall 2010 the company started partnerships with several mobile phone operators in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 to ignite invention of new kinds of wireless devices. In September, it announced partnership with Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless

Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....

 on developing "new wireless product innovation platform". Later in October, the company announced further partnerships with AT&T

AT&T

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...

 and Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...

 within similar field.

Version 1.0

• BUGbase - a base ("motherboard") module
• BUGlocate - a GPS receiver with optional antenna plug
• BUGmotion - a motion detector
  Motion detector
  A motion detector is a device for motion detection. That is, it is a device that contains a physical mechanism or electronic sensor that quantifies motion that can be either integrated with or connected to other devices that alert the user of the presence of a moving object within the field of view...
  
   and an accelerometer
  Accelerometer
  An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration, also called the four-acceleration. This is not necessarily the same as the coordinate acceleration , but is rather the type of acceleration associated with the phenomenon of weight experienced by a test mass that resides in the frame...
  
   with adjustable collar
• BUGview - a full-color, high resolution, touch-sensitive LCD screen
• BUGvonHippel - an "Open board" to make your own module
• BUGsound - an analog input/output
  Input/output
  In computing, input/output, or I/O, refers to the communication between an information processing system , and the outside world, possibly a human, or another information processing system. Inputs are the signals or data received by the system, and outputs are the signals or data sent from it...
  
   module with on-board speaker and microphone
• BUGbee - a low-power
  Low-power
  In electronics, the term low-power may mean:* Low-power broadcasting, that the power of the broadcast is less, i.e. the radio waves are not intended to travel as far as from typical transmitters....
  
   radio module based on the 802.15.4 protocol
• BUGwifi - a Wi-Fi
  Wi-Fi
  Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
  
   wireless module
• BUG3G - a 3G
  3G
  3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
  
   wireless module

Version 2.0

• BUGbase 2.0
• BUGlocate - a GPS receiver with optional antenna plug
• BUGview2 - a full-color, high resolution, touch-sensitive LCD screen
• BUGvonHippel - an "Open board" to make your own module
• BUGusb - USB module
• BUGvideo - 720p
  720p
  720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan...
  
   video output through VGA and HDMI
  HDMI
  HDMI is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It is a digital alternative to consumer analog standards, such as radio frequency coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, or VGA...
  
   connectors (DVI
  Digital Visual Interface
  The Digital Visual Interface is a video interface standard covering the transmission of video between a source device and a display device. The DVI standard has achieved widespread acceptance in the PC industry, both in desktop PCs and monitors...
  
   format)
• BUGstinger - a debugger module offering 10/100BASE-T Ethernet
  Ethernet
  Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....
  
  , a female USB port and a mini-USB (for serial over USB)