Sean Hathaway’s Tweet-Speaking Radio
This modified Philco radio monitors Twitter and speaks tweets in real time.
Arduino
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!
What Should Kickstarter Do?
There’s a brewing dispute over a $157,571 fully backed Kickstarter “smARtDUINO: Open System by former ARDUINO’s manufacturer”. The Arduino team just posted some of the issues up (check out the comments as well) – some trademark, some about who/what may have, or may not have worked with the Arduino factory and how this Kickstarter was promoted to its backers. The big question is, what should Kickstarter do?
Glockentar: Epic Instrument Mashup
What happens when you want to play two instruments at the same time, but only have two hands? You let electronics do the work for you, of course.
New in the Maker Shed: Arduino Due
The newest Arduino has just arrived in the Maker Shed. The Arduino Due is the first 32-bit ARM powered Arduino and packs a number of high-level features into a low-cost package.
Learn Arduino From a Prodigy
Schuyler St. Leger presented an “Arduino 101” session at the Desert Code Camp software developer conference, held in Arizona last weekend. A 12-year-old maker and member of HeatSync Labs Makerspace in Mesa, AZ, Schuyler is a quite simply a prodigy. Schuyler does a remarkably good job explaining Arduino and walking through the basics. His pacing […]
Arduino-Controlled Power Strip
Alberto Panu’s ArduPower is a 6-port power strip controlled with an Arduino Uno and ethernet shield.
New in the Maker Shed: Arduino WiFi Shield
Looking for a way to network enable your Arduino projects without wires? Look no further, you need the Arduino WiFi Shield available in the Maker Shed! This shield fits atop your Arduino and will connect to an 802.11b/g network with relative ease. The shield comes completely assembled and uses pass through headers allowing other shields […]