Abstract :
The founder of Adafruit Industries champions Do-It-Yourself electronics. Limor Fried has been busy. Last year her company, Adafruit Industries, had its best year ever, selling US $10 million in DIY electronics kits and components. In October it moved into an 1100-square-meter manufacturing and warehouse space in lower Manhattan. Two months later, Fried appeared on the cover of Entrepreneur magazine as its Entrepreneur of the Year. And in February she grilled President Obama, via Google Hangout, on what his administration was doing to support inventors and tech entrepreneurs and to encourage girls to study science, math, and engineering.
