So, I'm curious... Do you see yourself building your own gadget?

Have you heard of BugLabs? Neither had I until CES 2008. The Bug Labs "platform" is evidently the "legos of high tech gadgets" - allowing you to start with a control "brick" (called the "Bug Base"), and plug in extensions to create various kinds of gadets. Available extensions include cameras, large screen, usb keyboard, motion detector, GPS device, accelerometer, and on and on. So new and innovative and different was it that it even walked away with an award from CNET.

The platform is militantly open source (not just the software, but the hardware as well, so you can build your own extensions), highly versatile, pretty expensive ($350ish for the base, and $100 per extension), and seems targetted at the serious gadget geek. What do you think? Would it work for you? For all of you who loved legos, would you love this too? And if you're drooling, then you can even get an early adopter discount!

So, who's hosting the next BOYG (build your own gadget) party?

Also, check out this video from the CNET Stage.