Ultimaker Unveils 2+ Line with Extruder Improvements
This week at CES, Ultimaker announced a new line of printers with better nozzles, extruders, and cooling.
Parrot Unveils 50mph Fixed-Wing Disco Drone
At CES 2016 Parrot releases details about their upcoming fixed-wing flying drone with a built-in camera.
Getting Started with Virtual Reality: Building for Google Cardboard
In the second part of our introduction series to virtual reality, we cover how to import and format your Unity VR experience for Google Cardboard.
Particle Photon
The Particle Photon is designed for the Internet of Things, and Particle runs its own cloud infrastructure to support its ecosystem of devices. Configuring the Photon to connect to the cloud is a breeze. Download the Particle smartphone app (Android or iPhone), connect the board to your network, and start coding using Particle’s web-based development environment. Those familiar with Arduino will find that the tiny board offers both analog […]
Seeed Studio RePhone
This Kickstarter success from Seeed Studio was marketed as the first DIY modular phone, but the RePhone’s core module can be hacked for a variety of applications in communications, wearables, and IoT projects. The Seeed Studio RePhone features GSM and BLE, and the built-in IFTTT logic allows you to customize how the phone reacts to […]
Raspberry Pi 2, Model B
Using the Pi is just like operating a computer. Connect peripherals (keyboard, mouse, and monitor), power on the device, and you’re basically running a desktop computer from the ’90s. The Raspberry Pi 2 runs Raspbian Linux, which offers a graphical interface and since Linux has hundreds of development environments for programming languages — ranging from assembly and C/C++, Python and JavaScript — it’s […]
MinnowBoard Max
This 2.9″x3.9″, dual core 64- bit Intel Atom-based system operates at 1.33GHz, with 2GB of DDR3 RAM. Unlike the BeagleBone Black or Nvidia Jetson TK1, MinnowBoard Max is x86 architecture, not ARM, but still runs a familiar Linux operating system. The open hardware Max offers low-speed buses such as SPI, I2C, I2S audio, two UARTS, and 8 buffered GPIO (two configurable for PWM), all accessible […]