Whenever
I am hearing the name of project Ara, I get Goosebumps because it is
one of the most interesting projects in the mobile industry. The all
new and exclusive Project Ara is the codename for a new program by
Google, which mainly aims to develop a free, open hardware platform
for developing highly advanced modular smart-phones.
However,
this project is all set to develop a smart-phone, which basically
enables consumers to develop their own custom smart-phones that are
alike what we saw in the PC industry with desktop towers.
Moreover,
Project Ara also allows you to swap modules (batteries, radios,
cameras, screens and more) across the exoskeletons. They are calling
it an ecosystem as third parties are meant to be able to supply their
own modules for an open spec.
A
good overview in Wired discusses the possibilities this open-up like
night vision, biometrics, 3D imaging) but most of the people are
looking forward in the possibilities for surveillance-resistant open
source hardware and hot-swapping modules, which lock phones.
Additionally, people also like the idea of being able to click-out a
broken screen and click in a fresh one.
The
designers guessed for a modular phone to function that each module
will need to have a great and direct access to a central piece of
electronics without bothering about any neighboring modules imposing
on its space or function. Amit says, “We want an arbitrator–some
element that is objective and is neutral, that nobody can manipulate,
that has a very clear spec that everyone can adhere to.” The
endoskeleton is that authority.
The
Massachusetts firm created with NK Labs is responsible for a complete
lot of Ara’s electrical and mechanical engineering as it is the bus
to which all modules attach. Each and every module has its own plot
on the endo making it a lot simpler so that every module makers do
not have to bother about building on top of other modules.
Furthermore,
the project era is also hoping to valve into a handful of next-gen
technologies in order to make it work wonderfully. For attaching
modules, a prototype uses electro permanent magnets, and when it
comes to emerging standard, it called as UniPro for allowing people
to talk to the endo. Till today, the idea of parceling was very
important to the vision.
The
only way to develop an ecosystem in which anyone could bring a module
to market was developing such design where modules are both
electronically and physically independent from their neighbors.
Amit
says, “We had to create a system that allows everyone to understand
the boundaries of where they can operate or not”. “That was
somewhat restrictive. But the notion was that this minimal
restriction would allow this economy of third parties to thrive.”
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