Google’s Launching a Special Store Just for Project Ara Hardware

Everybody ’s favorite modular phone project , Google ’s Ara , is about to get little bit more interesting . lately , the companyquietly announcedthat it would be establish a ironware store for developers to trade their own Ara component part . It ’ll be a petty bit like the Play Store , except with hot - swappable ironware alternatively of apps .

This app storage for ironware idea is n’t new . Just last month , littleBitsopened the bitLabso that hardware makers could contrive , ramp up , and trade their own bits . The developer - made bits lose it together just like regular bits and work within the whole littleBits ecosystem .

It remains to be seen incisively how Google will manufacture their developer - made ironware . LittleBits , for one , palm manufacturing for the developer — and keeps 90 percent of the taxation from selling the bit . But sinceit wo n’t be until next yearwhen Google ultimately releases Ara , the company has plenty of clip to ponder the specific . [ PC World ]