Project Ara is a development setup to create a modular
hardware for mobile apps in the pace and level of innovation around
smartphones, with the goal of delivering the mobile internet to the next 5
billion people. Project Ara aims to
enable users to create a modular smartphone that is precisely tailored to their
functional and aesthetic preferences.
The user can populate the structural frame with
“modules,” the building blocks that make up the vast majority of the phone’s
functionality and features. The modules can be easily and safely inserted and
removed at any time, even while the device is powered on. Customers will be
able to buy a complete Ara phone, configure one from scratch, or buy additional
modules through the Ara Module Marketplace. Project Ara lives in Google’s Advanced Technology and
Projects (ATAP) group.
Project Ara devices will run the Android operating system.
With a modular platform, you can
pick the camera you want for your phone rather
than picking your phone for the camera. You could have a
sensor you want in
your mobile not the one you get when you buy a mobile. . You could have a
battery that lasts for days. A really awesome
speaker. A
gamer phone.
You can upgrade different parts of your phone when you
need too. Replace a broken display. Save up for a high-end camera. Share a
module with your family, or swap one with your friends. Update not just the
software of the phone but also the hardware by replacing the modules in the
phone. Not much has been said or has been decided about the frame building or
the exoskeleton designing of the phone, but electronic 3D printing seems to be
a viable method to develop the modules for this approach. Google aims to fulfill the needs of 5 Billion people for
the usage of mobile internet and at the same time introducing new angle in the
total cost of ownership and the level of customization and personalized mobiles
which shall be delivered to the users.
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