very cool - love me some internet of things. A side note: crowd-funding platforms are really sparking a renaissance in hardware startups. VCs have stopped bett

very cool - love me some internet of things. A side note: crowd-funding platforms are really sparking a renaissance in hardware startups. VCs have stopped betting on these companies, because software companies have a much cheaper and faster to scale. But the really interesting advancements are going to happen on the open-source hardware side, and consumers are willing to fund that in exchange for early access and involvement in the creative process.