As The Maker Movement Evolves

Small, Inexpensive Computers Are Changing the Maker Movement

Joseph Neighbor | April 15, 2016

The cost and size of microprocessors and hardware prototyping boards have fallen dramatically in recent years making it possible to buy fully functioning computers with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity for under $10. This trend has supported a surging global “Maker Movement” consisting of DIY software designers, artists, musicians, designers tinkerers, and entrepreneurs who are using these devices as a means to wildly imaginative ends. The resulting innovation has enormous implications for the emerging Internet of Things, which promises to make everything from shoes to traffic grids “intelligent” and connected.

Intel Edison Kit For Arduino Single Components EDI1ARDUIN.AL.K by Intel. Source: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Edison-Arduino-Components-EDI1ARDUIN-AL-K/dp/B00ND1KH42

<more at http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/inexpensive-small-computers-are-changing-the-maker-movement; related articles and links: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/do-it-yourself/maker-products-overview.html?gclid=CK7A582SqssCFQseHwodPvoLLg (Intel Maker Products Overview: What Will You Make?) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x_GXft0F3Q (+Video) (Intel® Edison Kit for Arduino. Published on March 18, 2015)>