I bought a copy when it was discussed on HN back in March and loved reading it. I lent it to some like-minded builders-of-things at work and they loved it too

I bought a copy when it was discussed on HN back in March and loved reading it. I lent it to some like-minded builders-of-things at work and they loved it too and sold it on a few others. It's super inspirational and down-to-earth, like yeah you can just go to Shenzhen, learn the ropes, and get your ideas manufactured whole-sale if you just go out and do it. I loved the heirloom laptop idea that he made, and was inspired by the on-board GPIO to discover the FT232H breakout board that Adafruit sells (basically GPIO over USB) and now I have a cool "swiss army knife" for my PC. Sure made it easier to read precise measurements from my digital protractor while calibrating my DIY star-tracking camera mount. That's just a little idea, but this book gets big ideas spinning in your head. Highly recommended.