And the overall topic of the issue was atoms as the new bits - how DIY is moving back out from the digital realm and into the "real" world. One company that was mentioned was SparkFun - offering a wide selection of products, like the 'get started' SparkFun Inventor's Kit along with blogs like Another Maker Faire? Don't Mind If I Do and 126 tutorials to get you going (and going and going... Duracell joke)
At times I'm both very glad and really sad that I don't live in the US, but in a country "guarded" by a $30 import barrier (ie taxes and fees above and beyond) and a lack of local alternatives as would be expected with a base population approaching 5 million (less than NYC, on par with LA) spread across a stretched out piece of land from 58' to 78' [well, technically 71' for the mainland, Svalbard is a bit further]
There are to many fun things to read, do, write, code
- even with just a few packages inbound
