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The Chumby is a consumer electronics product formerly made by Chumby Industries, Inc. It is an embedded computer which provides Internet and LAN access via a Wi-Fi connection. Through this connection, the Chumby runs various software widgets. Roughly resembling a small clock radio, it features a small touch-screen housed in a leather and plastic exterior with six color options. Power is supplied through an AC adapter and/or a 9v backup battery. The device is designed to be customizable by users: after agreeing to the Chumby HDK License, users may download schematics and other hardware information.〔 ''Wired'' magazine named Chumby one of its top gadgets for 2008. Its software is mostly open source, running on Linux. In April, 2012, Chumby Industries ceased selling hardware and put Chumby related assets up for sale. Support for the platform ended the following February. Subsequent to the company's liquidation, the Chumby has been maintained in "Space Clock" mode. The device is communicating with servers being maintained by a former employee who licensed the technology under the company name Blue Octy, LLC, displaying a single clock called "Space Clock". In March, 2013, Blue Octy sent a software update to Chumbys still online, aligning them to the new world of Chumby under the Blue Octy servers and the service will soon be resurrected. Blue Octy, LLC relaunched the chumby service on July 1, 2014 as a paid subscription service, currently charging $3.00USD per month. An open source firmware is available for free which allows existing devices all the functionality of the paid service at no cost.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=offline firmware )〕 ==History== Andrew "bunnie" Huang was the lead hardware engineer at Chumby. The Chumby premiered on August 25, 2006 at Foo Camp and was released to around 100 alpha release testers at the event. Shortly after Foo Camp, Chumby announced a free offer, where applicants would receive the same alpha-level Chumby as those previously given away. Applicants submitted ideas for software applications or hardware modifications. One of the goals for the free offer was to have Chumbys in the hands of developers who were willing to begin building applications. In July 2007, a ''First 50'' was released to 50 random applicants, who received the next generation of Chumbys. This was followed, in September, with an ''Insiders Release''. Interested parties could send e-mail to Chumby requesting release information, and were given the opportunity to join in the ''Insiders Release''. Finally, in February 2008, the commercial release was made public on the Chumby Store. In May 2008, the price was $179.95〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=chumby store )〕 for any one of three colors, latte, basic black, and pearl. In Japan, Chumby was available through Zyyx, Inc. as www.chumby.jp since October 23, 2008. In Australia, the Chumby was available through ISP Internode. In November 2009 the Chumby One was released: a similar, all-plastic version of the original in white with blue trim. The major difference was the hard plastic case replacing the soft leather. Other changes include a slightly faster processor, only one USB port on the rear of the device, and inclusion of an FM tuner and physical volume knob. The hard plastic case allowed Chumby Industries to offer the Chumby One at a reduced price of $119.95. In April 2012, Chumby announced the cessation of hardware sales, having ceased manufacture of their own hardware the previous year and exhausted their inventory. On April 20 it was confirmed that the company itself was being broken up. Dedicated fans managed to keep the service running for a period following the company's demise, but on 20 February 2013 Chumby shut down its servers, leaving users with a simple clock that shows time, calendar, and date. A brief message appears on the Chumby Web site, explaining the suspension of service. Alternative open source firmwares prepared for such an eventuality became available at this point. , Blue Octy was in the process of reviving the chumby technology, with one of the original chumby developers working on the project. Visiting www.chumby.com shows details. Towards the end of March, 2014, Blue Octy began beta testing the soon to be revived chumby service. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chumby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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