Hardware's Second Wave

Community Thoughts on Hardware's Second Wave...

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   Where does America’s e-waste end up? GPS tracker tells all by Katie Campbell and Ken Christensen via PBS MIT put 200 geolocating tracking devices inside old computers, TVs and printers. They dropped them off at nationwide donation centers that advertise themselves as “green”, “sustainable”, “earth friendly”. The tracked electronics ended up in Mexico, Taiwan… Most often, they traveled across the Pacific to rural Hong Kong.

2. 2.	Network Effects by Anu Hariharan via SlideShare “Network effects: Create barriers to exit for existing users and barriers to entry for new companies”

3. 3.	All Our Eggs In One Basket by Jeremy Blum via Shaper “One of the most important things you can do prior to launching a new product is testing, testing, and more testing”

4. 4.	The 3 Business Models That Matter for Connected Hardware Startups by Ben Einstein via Bolt “The modern hardware business is a trojan horse for software.”

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   Traffic lights in ’s-Hertogenbosch; an interview by Mark Wagenbuur via Bicycle Dutch Better traffic flow IS possible, and the Dutch know how. “Humans are far better at negotiating the right of way than a traffic light installation can ever be” says Eric, “so wherever possible we try to use exactly that principle.”