Hard Love

Our Robot Dawn has become quite the cover model. This just arrived today. Cover images below…BusinessWeek too…

The peace dividend from the cell phone wars… With a powerful brain in a box, festooned with sensors and low-power electronics, just add prostheses for the mind to build satellites, robots, and cool toys at radically lower price points.

Thank Jobs. Steve’s spartan sensibilities accelerated the transition from hardware to software. By dematerializing the interface well ahead of what others thought possible, Apple was able to shift its features to the flexible and much more lucrative domain of software and services.

VCJ opines: “venture capitalists are quickly falling in love… connected hardware could be the next big thing in venture and this year investor interest has taken off.”