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Very cool! Sadly, in the US at least, I venture to guess that each generation (~5 years) of 'hackers' arrives less mentally connected to circuits and more conn
by OldSchool 13y ago
Very cool! Sadly, in the US at least, I venture to guess that each generation (~5 years) of 'hackers' arrives less mentally connected to circuits and more connected to graphic design.
It wasn't -that- long ago you could buy a solderless breadboard-equipped ISA or PCI card and easily cobble together your own custom PC hardware project. Countless hours of analog fun too!
- hawflakes 13y agoInterestingly, I was in Taipei a few weeks ago and I noticed there was a marked decrease in computers for sale. After chatting with a guy that grew up there, he said that when he was in school everyone was into EE and hardware. Now the tables have turned and everyone's into graphic design and a lot of the stores that used to be geeky havens are now selling stuff about design tools. Moving up the food chain, I guess.
- izak30 13y agoNow they're doing it over USB and Serial and WiFi. You're being too hard on us younglings.
- cortesoft 13y agoI don't know. I've been messing around with programming on computers for 25 years, and it was only until the last couple that I have gotten into hardware hacking. Arduinos and their ilk have made hardware hacking easier these days, I think. That, along with better websites to buy supplies, have made hardware hacking even more accessible than ever.
- OldSchool 13y agoYeah, hardware and test equipment has certainly never been more accessible and affordable. Back when Radio Shack had more than a drawer full of components per store they were still extremely limited - now you can get whatever you want in a couple of days. Gotta love all the free hardware-related software tools yet sort of hate the end of thru-hole components!