It’s been a few months since Google’s Project Ara was canceled, but the dream of modular technology is still alive and well. It’s a tantalizing notion: imagine if you could simply replace the sensor in your camera or the processor in your smartwatch after a few years. But aside from desktop PCs — which are easy to replace and upgrade parts in that individual rigs begin to resemble the Ship of Theseus — most of our modern gadgets are fixed devices. What you buy is what you’ll be using until you decide to get a new model.
Decibel is an Indiegogo project from The Module Project that claims to be “the last speaker you'll ever buy.” It’s designed to be completely modular, allowing for users to easily upgrade, replace, and recycle individual...
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