BADGEr – Arduino EReader badge and shield

Wow, thanks for all of the great points and counter points on BADGEr! You guys have really looked into it.<p>When we started brainstorming what we could do for the summit badge, we came up with a few goals:<p>Should represent and promote Open Design and Collaboration, Should promote and represent Wyolum projects and process, Should promote and represent Seeed as a premier implementation partner, Prominently display or embody the Open Hardware Logo, and finally Hardware should be be useable for projects after the show (e.g. nice dev platform, preferably arduino compatible)<p>I think the BADGEr is the best of all &#x2F;possible&#x2F; badges that we could have come up with. A handful of people, spread over the planet, accomplished this with very limited funds. Open Hardware Rules! (pun intended).<p>Justin Shaw WyoLum.com

This is really cool!<p>When I first got my hands on some raspi &#x2F; arduino hardware it seemed to open up a lot of doors, creatively. When you mostly work with software it&#x27;s pretty amazing to make something you can touch.<p>My guess is that for some attendees this will be the push they needed to try hardware hacking for themselves.

This seems gratuitous to me: Arduino is overdone and this particular implementation does nothing novel. In fact it seems worse than a traditional sticker and felt pen.<p>How about something new, like using the same hardware to effect an opening&#x2F;closing hours sign for a small shop whose owner could update it remotely if running late? Or a dynamic version of the advertisement placards in casual restaurants? Why not an assistive device for mute people?<p>Making an excuse to literally pin Arduino to your body to show to other people like you is not very interesting.