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On 03/31/2013 09:49 AM, Edward Comer wrote:
> He asked for $5k and has already received $247,507

That's coming from the value of the arduino development method.
I have not even learned it, but can see it is a repackaging of C in
a way that lets more program and maybe just combine snippets to get things done...

"making the whole process painless for newcomers."

He's seen an opportunity and had better timing then he dreamed,
obviously, since he asked for so much less than he got.

You can say there's not much to it, but it has press now, and
will evolve quickly.  Could be good.

I have not even thought out how much interference Bluetooth
would cause that would matter in my lab.  If it's low, then it might be a boon.

It will definitely be a boon to programmers of simple sequences of robot operations,
which is going to be high value soon.