If I had a dream, well several actually, one of them would be to expand public libraries to include small lab areas where development boards and other useful "bench" stuff were available (maybe for a fee) - a tinker library perhaps.
I could imagine communities springing up around them.
This reminds me of a blog post [1] that was recently posted to HN [2]:
> Fortunately, Helsinki has an amazing library (more like a library, hacker space, gaming cafe, and a public hangout place combined) where I could go and desolder the header for free.
I could imagine communities springing up around them.