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Struck as I was by Chris's report in The Long Tail that sales of obscure items were outpacing sales of "hits", it seems trivial to conclude that economic growth - should we be so lucky - would not only come from "small business" generally, but from products for small markets in particular. While the the Long Tail explanation - that distribution and advertising costs are low - holds for bytes (songs, software, "apps", search, etc. .… Continue

In his State of the Union Address tonight, President Obama acknowledged that export controls are an unnecessary burden on the US economy and promised to restructure exports "in a manner consistent with our Security".

No guarantee on the outcome, but it's a start...

I was researching prior art for a fully redundant motor/ESC/Battery device, and came across this patent for the the Segway ESC by Dean Kamens group (DEKA). And I realized that given enough money and an interest in a particular field, these companies could patent the obvious and make open source a difficult proposition.

In r… Continue

New Product on Mouser

Last time I looked barometers were fairly pricey. Add this to a $2 relative pressure sensor and you've got both atmospheric sensors in the single digits.

When the most expensive component goes to half price, it's a day to remember?

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=EGPS-6500&cat=CLR&cpc=CLR

We'll see.