Open - source movement offers infinite opportunity for invention . Arduino played a similar role for the plant monitoring device that tweets `` Water me please , '' the fetal monitoring device that tweets when the soon-to-be baby kicks inside the womb , the mini copter device that can transport items from one village in Africa to another , the network of custom-built radiation detectors deployed by concerned citizens in Japan after the Fukushima disaster , and the device developed at New York University that enables a disabled boy to play a baseball video game . Massimo Ferrari 's Arduino motherboards control thousands of DIY devices . He says if you have an idea for something , you can create it . He spoke at TED Global 2012 , on ` ` radical innovation ''
Open - source movement offers infinite opportunity for invention . Massimo Ferrari 's Arduino motherboards control thousands of DIY devices . He says if you have an idea for something , you can create it . He spoke at TED Global 2012 , on ` ` radical innovation ''