Great slidedeck. Most of the comments here seem to be missing the point that step 1 of 'the plan' is to make hardware more accessible.

With that background, complaining about javascript is a very "No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame." remark.

I haven't dabbled with any microcontrollers before, but if I ever felt like it, Tessel would be on top of my list of things to try.