Ask HN: Hardware Incubator/Accelerator

by natemartin on 10/18/2009, 11:58 PM with 4 comments

There seems to be plenty startup incubators or accelerators aimed at web and software startups, but I haven't heard about any that are meant to launch hardware startups.

Has anyone here heard of any? I'm a hardware engineer, and I want to move from away from the large corporation I'm in now. However, most of the discussion you read on sites such as this are aimed at software.

  • by byoung2 on 10/19/2009, 1:21 AM

    http://www.ycombinator.com/ideas.html

    27. Hardware/software hybrids. Most hackers find hardware projects alarming. You have to deal with messy, expensive physical stuff. But Meraki shows what you can do if you're willing to venture even a little way into hardware. There's a lot of low-hanging fruit in hardware; you can often do dramatically new things by making comparatively small tweaks to existing stuff.

  • by epall on 10/19/2009, 3:07 AM

    Have you heard about Willow Garage?

    http://www.willowgarage.com/