Tinkering and toys is where lots of great ideas develop. Not a lot at
stake. Chris Dixon had a great toys post a few years ago (the next big
thing will start as a toy, basically – like Twitter he pointed out at the
time).
The Homebrew Computer Club back in the 1970s tinkered its way to Apple
Computer and Altair and all that.
More recently those insane $20 RC helicopters from a couple years ago are
drones.
And this is my store on Shapeways where you can buy my head:
https://www.shapeways.com/shop/inventory?li=nav
Totally unlike the functional mission that Stratasys imagined for their
printers
http://web.stratasys.com/EN-Stratasys-SM-Contact_LP1.html?cid=70130000000SGPy&utm_source=YTTopographical&utm_medium=Social%2BMedia&utm_campaign=MoreInfo
I wonder what Christmas presents I got today will be mega businesses some
day soon.