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NEIT 2017 - Open Space 5L

Liliputing.com: current cool kickstarters

Pocket C.H.I.P: @http://nextthing.co
 * "spiritual lab": students can check it out and work on it beyond the 45 minute class
 * loaded with games to wow the kids

Kano
 * Raspberry Pi-based computer
 * Terminal Quest: help
 * Now mentoring two students building Raspberry Pi computers

Kickstarter is a way to get new technologies into people's hands

Great resource for open-source technology

Students hacked together an Amazon Echo with Raspberry Pi
 * Trouble with the hardware troubleshooting

Hardware is less tinkerable

Tension between highly technical projects and user friendliness
 * These projects fill a niche: not for everyone but they do provide new challenges

PIXEL OS for Raspberry Pi
 * Doesn't feel so much like running a Linux computer, but rather a tablet UI
 * Also playing around with a bootable live USB drive to try the OS out on existing hardware

Limitations breed innovations

Developer's diary
 * keep notes while tinkering
 * annotated code that you are using
 * ability to backtrack in your work

EEE Blog
 * Hardware teardown

BBC microBit
 * on-board sensors make it so you don't have to order additional hardware