God_Bless_Texas

That doctor deserves a good ass whipping.

My wife and I were told the day before our daughter was born that it was likely she was downs due to the tissue on her neck being larger than normal.

That night I hardly slept and my wife was a basket case. I think this information is actually what put her into labor. To go nine months and suddenly be "informed" of this information was a shock. I cannot imagine your case, although I do I have an idea.

As it turns out, our daughter does not have downs. It has freaked us out on the idea of having future children.

It forced many thoughts of "what is downs, really?" over the coming weeks as I kept thinking that maybe she was downs and it just wasn't evident or whatever. Lack of sleep makes you think funny things. At any rate, I think I found that downs creates a very sweet and kind individual.

I hope that your daughter has nothing but a beautiful life.

Wow, really glad to see this AMA.

A few years ago I got interested in Arduino, which led to Beagleboard, then Leopardboard, then programming FPGA. I am not an engineer, I must add. I am now working to turn all of that interest into a startup which I have now pitched to several angels. No $$ yet, but it's starting to gain some traction.

A problem I run into are two questions from investors: 1) How do you expect to compete with large hardware manufacturers? 2) Hardware development is expensive and I don't typically invest there - why you?

I do have my canned answers for these, but I am really eager to hear your take because you had to rationalize this for 1000s of products you intend to sell.

Thanks in advance, I wish you well and intend to support you in the near future.

You came to the right place to solve this problem.