For the First Time in Public — the Pebble Smartstrap
We take a look at the SeeedStudio Xadow-based Smartstrap for Pebble Time. This is the first time that the Smartstrap has ever been seen in public.
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Arduino Announces New Brand, Genuino, Manufacturing Partnership with Adafruit
Through a U.S. manufacturing partnership with Adafruit and the launch of a new global sister brand called Genuino, Arduino.cc today announces a couple of big moves that address the manufacturing challenges that have emerged for the company over the past few months. Much of 2015 has seen the open-source board maker defending itself from its […]
Skill Builder: Hydraulics for Robots
Hydraulic Robots Why would you want to use hydraulics on your robot? It was good enough for the car-sized fighting robots Mark Setrakian designed for Robot Combat League, the show he helped develop for the SyFy network. I’m not suggesting you build a giant robot (although that’d be pretty cool), but there is plenty you […]
Announcing the New Beaglebone Green
We talk to Jason Krinder about the new Beaglebone board, the Beaglebone Green from Seeed Studio.
These Kids Built an Exoskeleton to Lift 400 Pounds
These are students at the Bay School of San Francisco, and the makers of AJAX, a hydraulic exoskeleton that looks like something from a movie.
From Concept to Cockpit, the B.S.B.B. Mk II is an Immersive Maker Simpit
David Shuff built a fully immersive gaming environment for the classic Xbox game Steel Battalion.
Thud Rumble Demos Intel-based DJ Hardware at MakerCon
During Wednesday’s closing talk at San Francisco’s MakerCon, members of Thud Rumble demonstrated a suite of digital DJ tools developed in collaboration with Intel and their Edison platform. Thud Rumble co-founder Ritchie “YogaFrog” Desuasido preceded the demo with a talk about the evolution of DJ technology from record crates, to laptops, and his vision for […]
