Summary:
First off, let me make clear the point of this thread. In here I will detail main problems holding back The Powder Toy in further technological advancements(primarily electronics). There are three main concerns as I see, Platform, Education, and Originality. If we can band together to provide tools to overcome these we can truly accelerate the expansion of technology IN The Powder Toy.

Platform:
This problem consists of several factors, hardware, software, developers, and technology. These are all factors outside of the Powder Toy sandbox. Hardware and technology are not the kind of things we can solve, we are not able to create new processors and hardware and then upgrade our users to use them so hardware is a constant problem. Technology is the current technological state of our world, there is simply not enough skill in this community to make major breakthroughs, whether software or hardware wise. We can however make use of new technology by providing pre-made project files for various IDEs to bring in new developers which can then work to incorporate new technology into the platform. So our main focus for this is to recruit new developers and focus on improving the platform that is The Powder Toy.

Education:
Another major problem is the lack of basic education and understanding regarding in-game technology. Many users don't understand logic gates and other electronics vital to producing quality electronics. A more in depth Wiki would definitely help, and understanding the fact that to make complex electronics all you need to do is combine basic electronics and devices is necessary. It would be good to create tutorials to creating things such as 7-segment displays and 8 bit binary adders would be nice. Articles regarding binary arithmetic and how logic gates relate to it would be of great use.

Orginality:
This problem is mainly in regards to those currently developing electronics. I see this a lot that people are currently just making their own versions of existing technology with no new improvements when there is not a need for new versions their projects. The idea here is that to advance technology quickly we must being actively making use of existing technology, creations, and parts instead of wasting time recreating old technology, which may even be of a lower quality than existing standalone units. Users of Powder Toy need to learn to use others creations to make quality electronics and improve the overall quality of electronics. If we stop focusing on reinventing the wheel we can focus on advancing technology forward. I see this to be the largest problem regarding technological advancements.

Conclusion:
To conclude, I would like to say that to make real advancements in our technology we need educated users, better resources, more developers, use of new technologies and libraries, and more humble users who are willing to use parts created by other users so that we can focus our time on making new advancements, not old ones. I hope you all read this and take actions based on this, or atleast understand my point. Feedback is greatly appreciated.

Cheers, Cr15py.

PizzaPlatypus
This does regard more than just electronics, although that is the main focus. I do hope you agree that we need more developers. For that matter I should continue my efforts to set up a Powder Toy project.

EDIT: Don't double post, just edit old posts. I respect your point of view and see where you're coming from, however I disagree. I believe that we should work on making creations in Powder Toy that are new and epic.