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EspinalLab ATMegaZero 32U4

EspinalLab ATMegaZero 32U4

What do you get when you cross an Arduino with a Raspberry Pi Zero? That is a strange question, but stranger still is that we now know the answer, and can hold it in our hands! EspinalLabโ€™s ATMegaZero 32U4 takes the ATmega32u4 microcontroller found in Arduinoโ€™s Leonardo board and mixes things up by including the […]

Adafruit MagTag

Adafruit MagTag

The Adafruit MagTag might just contain everything that you ever wanted in an e-Ink refrigerator magnet. First, the display itself is a comfortable 2.9″ presenting a 298x128x4 grayscale image. The 4-level grayscale is an excellent design choice, allowing improved image rendering while keeping display updates at about one second (Tri-color black, white, red displays often […]

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Humanmade SF

A Conversation with Ryan Spurlock A refugee from TechShop in SF, Ryan Spurlock took what he learned there and applied it to a new makerspace called Humanmade, located in the design district of San Francisco. Two things stand out about this makerspace. One is how it was funded: a local developer whom the City required […]