Post by myles on Oct 13, 2014 13:33:47 GMT
This was Timmis first campaign on IGG and while the perks did eventually arrive for most, the lessons never materialised.
Reading through the campaign story or promotional, Timmis promotes himself as author, educator, engineer, board designer and a supporter of open source, teachers and makers.
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" I'm Harold Timmis from Florida, United States, I am an engineer with a great passion for teaching electronics, an author of books and projects dedicated to learning electronics and Arduino, also published in prestigious magazines like Wired.
I've spent the past few years trying to offer my contributions to extend the knowledge of electronics. Especially with my books, like my last book "Arduino Adventures: Escape From Gemini Station,"
This contribution as he calls it, is for many, too expensive to buy.
Costing 4 times the price of an Arduino, and when there are plenty of free websites offering similar knowledge, hardly makes it attractive to kids or those on a tight budget.
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" we call it the BE BOARD"
Its a Arduino Leonardo clone.
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" So I've decided to dedicate some of my spare time to this project:
Borderless Electronics
with the idea of a public repository of knowledge where volunteers from all over the world can contribute with their tutorials and translations. A Wikipedia for learning practical electronics, from the basics and on. "
and
" Please visit www.borderlesselectronics.org for free tutorials and lessons; I will update the content of this website often. Shortly I will start to cooperate with volunteers in order to get my lessons translated into multiple languages. "
This is all sounded like a great idea, but what became of it ?
3 lessons were all that came of it, on a now long dead website.
Reading through the campaign story or promotional, Timmis promotes himself as author, educator, engineer, board designer and a supporter of open source, teachers and makers.
Quote
" I'm Harold Timmis from Florida, United States, I am an engineer with a great passion for teaching electronics, an author of books and projects dedicated to learning electronics and Arduino, also published in prestigious magazines like Wired.
I've spent the past few years trying to offer my contributions to extend the knowledge of electronics. Especially with my books, like my last book "Arduino Adventures: Escape From Gemini Station,"
This contribution as he calls it, is for many, too expensive to buy.
Costing 4 times the price of an Arduino, and when there are plenty of free websites offering similar knowledge, hardly makes it attractive to kids or those on a tight budget.
Quote
" we call it the BE BOARD"
Its a Arduino Leonardo clone.
Quote
" So I've decided to dedicate some of my spare time to this project:
Borderless Electronics
with the idea of a public repository of knowledge where volunteers from all over the world can contribute with their tutorials and translations. A Wikipedia for learning practical electronics, from the basics and on. "
and
" Please visit www.borderlesselectronics.org for free tutorials and lessons; I will update the content of this website often. Shortly I will start to cooperate with volunteers in order to get my lessons translated into multiple languages. "
This is all sounded like a great idea, but what became of it ?
3 lessons were all that came of it, on a now long dead website.