car hacking - mp3car
zcorp 3D printer
fablab - learning to put together hardware
"making almost anything"-- except it wasn't as easy as it looked in the newspapers
"learn to teach, teach to learn"
- kids program - they first learn the technologies, then do projects, then teach other kids
scratch is for kids -- but there wasn't really a way to move from scratch to text-based programming
modkit
- an easy entry to programming sensors and actuators
- visual comparison of graphic ui and code
- compiled C code
- shows extensibility by demo'ing adding a Funnel I/O board quickly
discussion
how to make this work for more advanced learners?
how to fund it? maybe sell apps/modules along an iPhone mode
add comments -- automating the "what" so that the user can add the "why"
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