Emery Premeaux - Arduino Projects to Save the World

Arduino Projects to Save the World

Copyright 2011 by Emery Premeaux

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To my father: You handed me a screwdriver when I asked for action figures. Learning to solder before most kids my age had learned how to catch a ball had a profound affect on me. In a child's mind (at least to mine), being gifted with the ability to take things apart and put them back together held far more magic than any ball and glove ever could. First being shown by you, then being guided by you, and finally given trust and free reign to do whatever I wanted to do is what inspires me to this very day.

To my mother: You showed me how to fill the holes in the wall made by that screwdriver dad gave me. Actually, you showed me how to do (and cope with) all sorts of things. My heart is only half as big as yours, and yet even so, is sometimes more than I can handle.

To my sister and brother: You showed me what it REALLY means to lend compassion and to help strangers. TRUE compassion does not end with the singular act. Rather, singular acts completely change your entire outlook on life. Without the choices you both made, our family would be less whole.

To my grandparents: You valued education and you trusted me to make good use of mine. I never really returned. I hope you can accept this as one step towards making good on my promises.

To hackerspaces around the world, and Tokyo HackerSpace in specific: May you continue to inspire and enable young minds across the globe. May these communal dream spaces never be wiped from the Earth.

Emery Premeaux