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Very impressive. But why is the pledge goal so low?
by cauterize 12y ago
Very impressive. But why is the pledge goal so low?
- hardwaresofton 12y agoI think they want to blow past it -- the Micro team set their pledge goal at $50k, and ended up raising something like 2 million (last I checked). Their costs might also be particularly low, given that they are printing & laminating the circuits, and (clearly) already have the tech required to do that in place.
- cauterize 12y agoThat would make sense. I couldn't help but feel excited with the LEGO-like construction approach. The video made the tech feel so tangible even to a non-hardware tinkerer.
- hardwaresofton 12y agoDefinitely agree. Simple building blocks often lead to huge amazing complex things. I really like what it would do for wearables. If they were interested in cash, they could probably sell all this tech to a SV "wearable tech" company and parcel it out over years for millions/billions.
- mcamara 12y agoI'm part of the team behind this project. Your guess is very much on the money on both counts - we can't deny we'd love to blow past it, and the fab process for many of the components is already set up. One other factor is that our company, and our partners in this project, really want to get these technologies out in the open for people to use and play around with. There is a lot of innovation happening with Printed Electronics but unfortunately it has mainly been kept within R&D labs and B2B. Developing this project was an investment we were willing to make mostly internally. Thank you so much for the enthusiasm!
- cauterize 12y agoYour comment has persuaded me to donate. (first Kickstarter donation too!)
- mcamara 12y agoThank you so much!
- hardwaresofton 12y agoaaaand donation made. Really want to get behind what you guys doing (and you did stroke my ego a little bit)
- mcamara 12y agoThank you! I wasn't trying to be manipulative, I swear.