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Comment on Ask HN: Is innovative hardware basically dead?

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I guess it depends on what you do or don't think is innovative.

With stuff kinect, leap motion, glass, Oculus rift, tons of UAV platforms, bitcoin mining asics (just kidding :), software defined radio, home robotics... I think the consumer hardware space is more interesting than ever.

Applications are always "incremental" in the sense that you are generally finding marketable uses of existing sensors and technologies. But then again I don't see what I would call "truly innovative" software that often either...

Innovative products always appear but I'm looking for companies which have a mantra for creating them and who are willing to grow beyond the "hobby" or "lifestyle support" phase.

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