Teddy Bears and Tablets Making Operations a Picnic
Providing teddy bears and tablets to young children has significantly helped reduce the drug use of those requiring anaesthesia.
Computers & Mobile
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littleBits Releases MIDI and USB I/O Modules, Connects Analog and Digital Instruments
LittleBits, purveyors of the simple-to-use electronic components with magnetic connectors, is releasingย some brand new bits to expand its music capabilities: a MIDI module, a USB I/O module, and a CV module. Musical makers now have the ability to connect their littleBits Synth Kit to any musical equipment they want! In collaboration with KORG, littleBits launched […]
Teachers, Stop Being Scared of Cellphones
Screens are everywhere these days, in the restaurants, on the subways, in front of our faces. The only ones we seem able to control are those little screens on our tablets and cellphones, but bring those things into a classroom and who is in control, the student or the teacher? In March, New York City […]
Orbotix’s Ollie Rolls into the Maker Shed
Orbotix’sย popular Sphero rolling robot has a new friend. Ollie was launched last fallย and we’re happy to now have it in the Shed. You may be wonderingย what the differences are between Sphero and Ollie. Let’s take a closer look. Theย first-of-itโs-kind Sphero trumped many of the Bluetooth-enabled robots out there, taking gaming and action to a new […]
Kill Switch: Your Keyboard Needs This Skull-Shaped Esc Button
If you happen to be a villain of some type that has a 3D printer lying around your lair, command your minions to start printing one of these immediately. This skull keycap looks menacing in blue, but the red version is more likely to strike terror into your enemies’ hearts. Besides the red, blue, or […]
Six Homebrew Hacks to Boost Your Wi-Fi
WiFi connections might not be quite as good as physical cable, but they do offer the ability to move your computer around without physically rewiring or reconnecting things. Unfortunately, these connections are usually limited to, at most, a couple hundred feet. On the other hand, if the signal is properly focused with an off-the-shelf or […]
Design for the IoT, Win a Trip to Maker Faire Bay Area IRL!
Enter your Internet of Things project in the PSoC Pioneer Challenge to win a trip to Maker Faire Bay Area in May!
