That looks like a cool product. I think a school teacher/curriculum principal would be more successful in getting a bulk purchase made with lesson plans available(I would focus on commoncore curriculum to hit the widest audience).
Hah, this is pretty neat. I've been working on a hobby project to build something very similar myself using an ESP8266 + sensors crammed into a hollowed out wall wart. This sort of project is really fun, I recommend trying it.
As a product, the PocketLab looks like it provides a jump start into playing with sensor networks. I would have loved to have something like this as a kid in school. The price seems a bit steep considering the specs on the guts, but I imagine part of this is the software + the fact that this is an early adopter preview. If it's rugged enough to last and the software easy to use then this would certainly be worthwhile for educators.
I wonder what the unique selling proposition of this new product is. Curriculum around environmental monitoring is definitely a win! If these folks do a good job with that then that might be a justification for educators to pay more if they can see it as a contribution to curriculum development.
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 26.5 ms ] threadAs a product, the PocketLab looks like it provides a jump start into playing with sensor networks. I would have loved to have something like this as a kid in school. The price seems a bit steep considering the specs on the guts, but I imagine part of this is the software + the fact that this is an early adopter preview. If it's rugged enough to last and the software easy to use then this would certainly be worthwhile for educators.
http://www.ti.com/tool/cc2650stk
I wonder what the unique selling proposition of this new product is. Curriculum around environmental monitoring is definitely a win! If these folks do a good job with that then that might be a justification for educators to pay more if they can see it as a contribution to curriculum development.