Month: August 2008

Making things (talk|blink) at OSCON 2008

Making things (talk|blink) at OSCON 2008

Michael Dory, Adam Simon, and Scott Varland of Socialbomb presented a tutorial on Arduino hacking at last month’s O’Reilly Open Source Convention: Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. In this tutorial, participants […]

Hacker’s soldering station

Hacker’s soldering station

Adam from Hack a Day posted a very helpful write-up describing how to setup a well-equpped soldering station for cheap. Great ideas for inexpensive tip-cleaning and a very affordable fume hood among others – A good soldering station and fume extractor is a must for anyone interested in hacking and modding, but not everyone can […]