A Broken Pinky Won’t Stop Him: Teen Builds Custom Minecraft Controller
When a broken pinky left 13-year-old Seamus unable to play video games, he and his father built a custom controller with an Altoids tin.
Other Boards
Development boards are perfect for empowering makers to easily get up and running on their projects, as they provide all the necessary tools and resources needed for quickly getting started with any given task. For those new to the maker world or experienced developers wanting an update on all that’s available out there right now, we have created this blog post collection in order to highlight amazing development boards with tips, tricks, and tutorials.
Microsoft Announces Windows IoT Support for Arduino and DragonBoard
Microsoft is getting their latest OS into the Maker scene through SBC integration. Their latest update adds support for Arduino and Dragonboard.
BeagleBoard Officially Reveals the X15 — And it’s a Beast
The BeagleBoard X15 is the latest development board from the BeagleBoard.org foundation and it is one powerful, open source hardware puppy!
Watch These Electronic Badges Evolve
Designed for Burning Man and powered by Orchard, these badges mimic genetics. When two badges come into contact, their light pattern changes.
3D Printing a Robust Cubesat for Space-Bound Dev Boards
We talk to Craig Kief and Brian Zufelt from COSMIAC about their plans not just to fly the Raspberry Pi into orbit, but to 3D print the satellite that’s going to take it there.
Snickerdoodle Dev Board Boasts ARM Processor with Onboard FPGA
The team at krtkl is crowdfunding Snickerdoodle, a hybrid development board that has an ARM application processor with an onboard FPGA.
Amazon Just Made it Easier to Use AWS for Your Next IoT Project
Amazon Web Services rolled out a new system today designed to simplify connecting embedded development boards to the cloud.