Arduino

Maker Faire and eBooks, Oh My!

Maker Faire and eBooks, Oh My!

In celebration of Maker Week, which began with MakerCon and moves like an Arduino-powered steam rocket directly towards Maker Faire Bay Area, all Make ebooks and videos are 50% off through May 19. One of our newest titles takes the ordinary magic of electronics and the new magic of sensors to lead you further into […]

(Mind)Storms are Brewing in the Shed

(Mind)Storms are Brewing in the Shed

Think of the best pairing you know, be it chocolate and peanut butter, rainy days and good books, or the purr of an engine and the open road.ย Then, imagine pairing one of the best toys of your childhood, Legos, and the hobbyist toy of your adulthood, the Arduino microcontroller.ย Combined, these two tools are poised for […]

DIY Satellites: Now and Near Future

DIY Satellites: Now and Near Future

Space is becoming increasinglyย accessible to more people thanks to plummeting costs, weight, and energy use of the technologies needed for freeflying satellites to sense and direct their orientation, communicate with the ground, and perform complicated computations in real time on orbit. The dawn of this new age of DIY satellite making is in no small […]