I haven’t seen the show but this has me intrigued http://www.edisonnation.com/ because at some stage ‘backyard’ ideas are going through a professional design process.
i.e. to get from:
to:
Has anyone on the boards had any professional experience working on any of these projects?
I’m all for ‘backyard’ tinkering, I just wish it all wasn’t for “as seen on TV” type stuff
(maybe there should be another forum topic: “wtf as seen on TV”, look at this monstrosity:
http://www.edisonnation.com/stores/innovation-store/categories/everyday-edisons/products/edugrader
honestly, you are a teacher and you can’t work out 7 out of 10 as a grade?!?)