Google has alreadybeen very openwhen it come its modular Ara headphone , and now aModule Development Kit for the phonereveals more about the gadget than ever .
As you might expect , a lot of the selective information in the document is necessarily proficient , but it ’s interesting for all of us because explain how the mortal modules will interact with the main frame of the telephone — the part Google cite to as the Endo . For case , it sounds like it’sgoing to incredibly flexible :
Users of an Ara telephone will be able to power their gadget with one or multiple batteries ; they will be able to swap a depleted assault and battery with a fresh one , without powering off their telephone set ; they will be able-bodied to charge one or more battery in their phone from one or multiple shoot down gimmick .
And aesthetically customizable :
Replaceable faculty shells are a unequalled feature of the Ara computer architecture . They allow users to leverage consumer - gradation , full - color 3D printing process to aesthetically customize their Ara phone before purchase , and if want , to put back each faculty shell any time thereafter .
There are typeset to be three different sizes of Endo — mini , medium , and great — and obviously the larger the frame , the more can fit onto the machine . There will be some restriction on what go where , though , with each telephone make to have a central ‘ spine ’ and few ‘ rib ’ to keep things divided . From there it ’s bill of fare blanche , though , and Google details modules for Wi - Fi , batteries , courser , display , utterer , and even a caloric imager .
It also seems like Google is pretty happy for modules to perplex out from them in any which angle . So , it demonstrate how sensors — like the heart rate oximeter render below — could stick out of one end of the phone , while cameras or other sensor might bug out out of the back .
Elsewhere in the document , Google explains that users will be able-bodied to order new function online — belike via bid — working through a intent and specification online before ponying up for the technology . If you ’re so inclined , you could read the81 Thomas Nelson Page document from the Ara site . [ Google ]
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