I'll happen to look at some random object and be struck by the difficulty of manufacture and realize that it's done at such incredible scale that it can be sold for a pittance.
I've been doing software & electronics development for 30 years. The insane reduction in the cost of microcontrollers that I've seen in that time still amazes me. Logic that we would spend weeks tweaking in the early 90's, I can now do in an afternoon with a $0.50 chip.
I'll happen to look at some random object and be struck by the difficulty of manufacture and realize that it's done at such incredible scale that it can be sold for a pittance.
I've been doing software & electronics development for 30 years. The insane reduction in the cost of microcontrollers that I've seen in that time still amazes me. Logic that we would spend weeks tweaking in the early 90's, I can now do in an afternoon with a $0.50 chip.