Gallery: Wild Concept Sensors for Google's Modular Phone

  • Lapka a company specializing in designforward sensordriven hardware has created a concept line for Google's modular...
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    Lapka, a company specializing in design-forward sensor-driven hardware, has created a concept line for Google's modular smartphone.
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    The imagined Lapka x Project Ara line comprises seven components in all.
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    The little yellow node is a light sensor.
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    The carbon dioxide sensor.
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    The air quality monitor.
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    A glucometer for continuous glucose tracking.
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    An EKG node that measures heart activity.
  • A breathalyzer node.
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    A breathalyzer node. (Lapka also sells a standalone breathlyzer.)
  • And last a “soul” module. Its anyones guess what that last one will do—Lapka hasnt supplied any details.
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    And last, a “soul” module. It’s anyone’s guess what that last one will do—Lapka hasn’t supplied any details.
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    “We think style is super important. It’s the only way people will use medical devices at their own will," says Lapka creative director Vadik Marmeladov.
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