Democratizing Hardware
summary
Argues that hardware programming is stuck in the 1980s and shows concrete fixes: JavaScript plus node.js and node-serialport with johnny-five and live REPL control to command servos (demo: hexy danced), swaps boards via an adapter model, and cheap builds that actually work — pavelbot $35 and a $50 flexbot quadcopter. Reports international NodeBots events, time-to-awesome metrics (Arduino ≈1 minute, Raspberry Pi ≈20 minutes), and real deployments like an open ROV running node.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 2:28Take the "hard" out of hardware, make the complex simple. Make hardware available and accessible to everyone.
- 5:03NATURAL OVERLAPS • Evented model -- hardware interrupts • Objects in OOP (and the DOM) are meant to model objects in real life • Hardware is, historically, single threaded, hey so is JS • Blocking is bad in both worlds JavaScript allows almost anyone to write "code" almost anywhere.
- 11:21FROM THE OTHER SIDE 1
- 12:40THE FUTURE IS BIGGER AND BRIGHTER
- 14:38ACCESSIBLE ROBOTS FOR ALL
- 20:48INTEL LABS "Trends are already indicating that a growing number of jobs will require a significantly more complex set of interdisciplinary skills such as problem solving, judgment, listening, data analysis, relationship building, collaborating and communicating with multinational co- workers."
- 21:27DEMOCRATIZED KNOWLEDGE
