Teagueduino: Arduino + Processing = Realtime Awesomeness

This looks good but I am divided. On the one hand, being a sw person and a solder virgin, I was recently flummoxed when I saw that the USB shield I ordered needed to be, gasp, soldered (and it's really tiny connections, too)!<p>On the other hand, one can argue that a large part of learning <i>is</i> the getting flummoxed and learning to conquer it, so packaging everything up may kill the hands on aspect .

That looks like a really neat project, but asking $160 as a starting price for the kit is a bit too steep. Offer a cheaper alternative at less than $50 and lots more people will get involved, learn and fund your project. The current pricing structure just encourages people to buy stickers, not make stuff.<p>You can get started with Arduino for less than $40 and even get a good kit for less than $70, so why does this cost so much more?<p>I think the easier software interface should really be the focus of this. Why don't you make it work with any Arduino?

Just put down a few bucks. Good luck with the rest of the fundraising.<p>Any future wireless add-on potential using RF, zigbee, etc, etc?

More detail and photos of the Teagueduino board here: <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/teague/teagueduino-learn-to-make/posts/116104" rel="nofollow">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/teague/teagueduino-learn...</a>

They need better examples in the video. There's nothing that wowed me. All I saw is some lame and boring interactive "art". At the same time I understand that something really cool can be done. So show us something truly cool.