As the preeminent tool for makers, Arduino is a versatile platform that covers almost every type of creative making. With its simple-to-use coding language and fun programming concepts, Arduino enables users to create modern electronics with ease. From beginner level projects like flashing LED lights to more advanced builds such as interactive robots, there are an endless number of possibilities when it comes to building projects with Arduino. Whether you are new or an experienced builder in search of fresh ideas, these posts will provide interesting Arduino tutorials and unique ideas that may spark your creativity and motivate you take on any type of maker project!
We had two giveaways close last night. In the Make: Arduino Getting Started with Arduino Kit giveaway, the winner is: Fractal LLC Thanks to all who participated (we had over 600 entries) and thanks to Maker Shed for providing this great kit. In the Mechanics Skill Set giveaway of Dustyn Roberts’ Making Things Move, the […]
And, depending on how you position the nozzles, sprays them! More coolness from Gerry Chu, whose Kinect-based Motion Emotions I hit yesterday. Gerry’s fountain prototype has at least two Arduino Megas for brains.
Our friend Jim Kelly, who did such a bang-up job of documenting his way through all of the experiments in our Make: Electronics book is now doing the same thing with Michael McRoberts’ Beginning Arduino. Having somebody doing the exercises in books like these, documenting their successes and failures, allowing others to comment and share […]
Don’t forget: The deadline for entries in our Getting Started with Arduino Kit V2 giveaway will end at 11:59 PST tonight! This kit includes the Getting Started with Arduino book, an Arduino Uno microcontroller, USB cable, a breadboard, a jumper wire kit, and all of the components you need to complete of the examples in […]
OpenROV (“ROV1”) is a shoebox-sized Arduino-controlled submarine device, with an onboard HD webcam, designed to operate in an unexplored underwater cave.
In this week’s CRAFT Video, come with me to the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There I met with e-textiles pioneer Leah Buechley and students from her research group called “High-Low Tech,” which Leah describes as “blends” of technology with traditional crafts to make new toolkits for creativity and learning. http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/01/craft_meets_tech_at_mit.html
Sew up this little colorful brooch using a LilyPad tri-color LED and three small potentiometers for a customizable color wardrobe embellishment. Comments are disabled; check out the project on the Craftzine blog:
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/05/craft_video_color_changing_led.html
