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Whatever Happened to the Kano Kit?

Whatever Happened to the Kano Kit?

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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With the Kano Kit now on the verge of shipping to backers, we talked again to Alex Klein about their experience on Kickstarter, and building and designing hardware when you’re not really a hardware company.

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Holiday Gift Guide 2013: The Kano Christmas Special

Holiday Gift Guide 2013: The Kano Christmas Special

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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Remember the Kano Kit we featured a last week? This week they’re doing a Christmas special.

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The Kano Kit—Building a Raspberry Pi Computer

The Kano Kit—Building a Raspberry Pi Computer

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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The Kano Kit takes the Raspberry Pi back to its roots and earlier today I talked to Alex Klein, co-founder of Kano Computing, about the kit, why they put it together, and their Kickstarter campaign.

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Niklas Roy’s Cardboard Plotter

Niklas Roy’s Cardboard Plotter

By John Baichtal

John Baichtal

My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. @johnbaichtal nerdage.net

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Uber-maker Niklas Roy (see all his MAKE mentions) built this excellent pen plotter out of Finnish cardboard, welding rod, rubber bands, tape, and glue. I especially love the all-cardboard interface! When I gave a workshop at the School of Art and Design in Offenbach about building digital devices out of cardboard, the students asked me […]

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Floppy Drives Play “What is Love?”

Floppy Drives Play “What is Love?”

By Michael Colombo

Michael Colombo

In addition to being an online editor for MAKE Magazine, Michael Colombo works in fabrication, electronics, sound design, music production and performance (Yes. All that.) In the past he has also been a childrens' educator and entertainer, and holds a Masters degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

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We’ve heard past examples of hard drives and disk drives being programmed to play music, but this version of club hit “What is Love?” has an undeniable funkiness to it that’s worth noting.

Check out MrSolidSnake745 on Youtube for many more tracks he’s produced with this method.

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