I liked "STM" as a big-idea approach, but can see how going the traditional way may bear fruit more quickly. Could the experience gained this way (and by other

I liked "STM" as a big-idea approach, but can see how going the traditional way may bear fruit more quickly. Could the experience gained this way (and by other projects such as the gilectemy) help with a future STM attempt ? I wonder if we need better hardware for STM to work well too.