I'm not clear that I'm reading this correctly, but it seems like the basic setup here was that Facebook had an idea for an innovative hardware solution, and mad

I'm not clear that I'm reading this correctly, but it seems like the basic setup here was that Facebook had an idea for an innovative hardware solution, and made it happen by collaborating closely with a few experts in different related industries. This is notably different than how Google X does things, or how Facebook has previously worked with Aquila and such, and I wonder whether it'll catch on as a model.