Microsoft Research Redmond<\/a>, and Colin Miller, product-unit manager heading the .NET Micro Framework team, have become key contributors to the project.<\/p>\n\u201cWe had maybe a dozen people committing some serious time with the documenting, testing, giving us feedback,\u201d Villar says. \u201cIt\u2019s been a really inspiring community project.\u201d<\/p>\n
Much of that help came through the Garage, Microsoft\u2019s in-house incubation initiative aimed at encouraging innovation.<\/p>\n
\u201cKerry and Colin have been key to getting folks from the Garage behind Gadgeteer,\u201d adds Villar. \u201cThey also helped us engage with external partners such as the hardware manufacturers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adds Scott: \u201cThis really says a lot about Microsoft as a company. We\u2019re putting this all out there as open source, and we hope it will enable a lot of innovation and the participation of the community of hardware manufacturers. Vendor A can make a main board, then Vendor B can say, \u2018Well, I\u2019m an expert at robotics modules and won\u2019t worry about the main board,\u2019 and they can all work together.\u201d<\/p>\n
From smartphones to digital cameras to athletic equipment that measures location and heart rate, the world today is full of gadgets. .NET Gadgeteer could lead to devices that nobody has even imagined, save for that one tinkerer who just wishes she had an easier way to make a prototype.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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