It's a project by an Australian team, so one would assume two things:
It's in Australian Dollars.
Australia has experienced severe hyperinflation overnight (or earlier today, for many of us reading this)
Can I get some sauce for #2? News says nothing of it
It was a joke.
The only source is the absolutely bonkers price -- that's why it's an assumption.
In all seriousness, if I were to release open source hardware and software, I'd charge a price like that to ensure that my time would be reasonably compensated for what's clearly going to involve small production batches of hand-built-in-the-first-world items.
It's a project by an Australian team, so one would assume two things:
Can I get some sauce for #2? News says nothing of it
It was a joke.
The only source is the absolutely bonkers price -- that's why it's an assumption.
In all seriousness, if I were to release open source hardware and software, I'd charge a price like that to ensure that my time would be reasonably compensated for what's clearly going to involve small production batches of hand-built-in-the-first-world items.
What hyper inflation? I think you need to check your sources mate.