> That's why hardware doesn't get investment. Just look at kickstarter; great ideas popping up, people wanting them, people getting them.
What exactly leads you to believe that hardware doesn't get investment? Besides Kickstarter, I mean. Hardware development tends to be massively funded. You get less exposure for a lot more money, which is why Kickstarter is obviously not a good place to look, but in most projects I've seen it was software, not hardware that tended to be underfunded.
I've practically never heard of people getting funded with hardware ideas outside of Kickstarter.
If you've got some links to incubators/hardware startup scenes, please share.
I honestly can't think of any hardware startups which have been funded off the top of my head; maybe Nest? MakerBot (weren't they privately funded by the founders)?
> I've practically never heard of people getting funded with hardware ideas outside of Kickstarter.
You mean you've never heard of small startups getting funded with hardware ideas, which is unsurprising considering that it takes significantly more money to develop a working prototype than it takes to develop a web application.
Kickstarter is not the only place where people get funds, and startups with four people working 80-hour weeks are not the only places where innovation happens.
There are things like littleBits, of course. But the fact that new electronic gadgets keep hitting the shops is a clear enough indication that they get funding from somewhere.
What exactly leads you to believe that hardware doesn't get investment? Besides Kickstarter, I mean. Hardware development tends to be massively funded. You get less exposure for a lot more money, which is why Kickstarter is obviously not a good place to look, but in most projects I've seen it was software, not hardware that tended to be underfunded.