That was a bit different as they were trying to replicate the JVM in hardware (i.e. as an instruction set). This is just a rewrite of python that can run on a s

That was a bit different as they were trying to replicate the JVM in hardware (i.e. as an instruction set). This is just a rewrite of python that can run on a small ARM chip. Still very impressive mind, but a different beast. It is more similar to .net Micro Framwork ( http://www.netmf.com/ http://www.netmf.com/ ) . There are small JVMs that are well suited to doing this. As a matter of fact ST sells a developer kit based on the exact same microcontroller series used here, the STM32F4 ( http://www.st.com/web/catalog/tools/FM147/CL1794/SC961/SS1533/PF252537 http://www.st.com/web/catalog/tools/FM147/CL1794/SC961/SS153... ) of course it comes with rather crippling limitations of 3 month eval time, and 1 hour run. It is obviously aimed at a rather different market though.