It is always interesting to read genesis stories. I was especially surprised as I was reading this story to discover that the first prototype was built using the Javelin Stamp which I created. It is particularly ironic given that the rise in popularity of the Arduino was probably a contributing factor to the waning of interest in the Javelin Stamp.

Not to belittle the contributions of Hernando, he did great work. But so often each incremental step in technology is made with the help and inspiration from those who came before. It is the very nature of open source that it will be embraced and expanded.

Anyway, I was gratified to see now, that something I worked on 18 years ago would intersect with a such an interesting story, even if only in a tangential way.