Talking about your new idea is a wonderful first step, but that still won’t make it real. As soon as you can, as soon as you have a clear enough picture of what you want, figure out how to build something.
You don’t have to (and most of the time shouldn’t!) build everything you think you want, or even need. Build the simplest version of your idea. 3D print a mockup so you can hold it in your hands. Use an Arduino and off the shelf modules to test your embedded device idea.
One important thing about what you build - it should include the easiest/cheapest/simplest version of the things you’re worried about.
Once you have something you can hold in your hands, interact with, use every day, you have so much more information. Now you know you should be worried about this issue and spend time working on it, or you realize it wasn’t a big deal after all, and the easy solution works just fine.
Build it, use it, test it. Discover the problems and celebrate the stuff that works!
-Brian Schoolcraft
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