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| Dave Hakkens, Phonebloks, Wikipedia |
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In 2013 Dave Hakkens' Phonebloks campaign began with a single video. Dutch designer Hakkens had presented his idea for an open-source modular smartphone at his graduation from Design Academy Eindhoven. Here's the video.
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Soon after Google/Motorola stepped up to partner with Phonebloks in developing the concept. This effort became Project ARA with a pilot release date of early 2015. Google's ATAP group is handling the effort; the team is headed by Paul Eremenko, formerly with DARPA. There's an ATAP channel on YouTube. Here's a video about the development effort.
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The Verge reported in May 2015
...the project is expected to begin a pilot test in Puerto Rico later this year where the public will presumably be able to try it out.
As an aside, another ATAP project of interest is a Spotlight Story titled "Duet" in Times Square; a making-of video is below.
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-- Marge
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