It’s easy to get stuck within the limitations of our own assumptions. Just because an object is designed with a specific purpose in mind doesn’t mean it can only be used for that purpose. We just have ...

Facebook Inc FB has snapped up startup - Nascent Objects - for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is likely to step up its hardware efforts. Nascent Objects calls itself the "world's first modular ...

While most probably still don’t think of Facebook as a hardware company, that has become an important aspect of the business. It bought Oculus a few a years ago, along with its virtual reality ...

Facebook has acquired modular consumer electronics startup Nascent Objects to accelerate the production process within its secret hardware lab Building 8. The news was confirmed by both Nascent ...

Facebook has acquired prototyping startup Nascent Objects in a move that may presage broader hardware ambitions. Nascent Objects announced the purchase on its website. The company developed a modular ...

Design of anything, from an ERP application to an embedded software system to a hardware device to a mechanical object, is done at some level of abstraction. Simply, a level of abstraction is the ...