The $9 CHIP Computer Is Shipping
I had a professor who liked to say things like "RAM is free" when talking about how the cost of computers has come down over the course of his life. I always rolled my eyes and thought yeah, it's basically free when you're an accomplished academic who brings in untold amounts of grant money and makes even more from consulting than you do from your university salary. But to a broke college student, anything that costs more than a few hours of minimum wage =/= free.<p>I really like this concept of cheap, all-in-one computers. We've had Arduinos and Raspberry Pis, but stuff like this really opens a lot of doors. $40 is a great price for a computer, but I would never consider using it for a project where its destruction is a legitimate risk (anything exposed to the elements, or liquid, or drones, for example), but with a $9 computer I would.