With the rise of cheap and affordable manufacturing facilities, combined with new sources of financing such as crowd-funding, hardware startups are hot once again.

And there is no better evidence of this than a quick dash through the Hardware Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt last week in San Francisco.

We started with a new kind of connected coffee maker and ended with a startup that lets you look at your thoughts. Enjoy.

Blossom Coffee
Boosted Boards
BrightLot
Cerevellum
Devium
Ninjablocks / ninjablocks.com
App Tag
HEXBRIGHT
ImpossibleCamera
Interaxon