Maker Pro News: Keeping Adafruit Fresh, Fidget Spinner Innovation, and More
This week saw maker pros talking about dev boards as Limor Fried recounts the history of Adafruit and Dale Dougherty questions Arduino’s CEO.
Dev Boards
From single board computers to microcontrollers, to all of their shields, hats, and add-ons, development boards are the brains that bring your project to life. Dive in to the world of boards to explore their full potential for a wide range of projects, including connecting devices to the Internet of Things, automating data collection for science experiments, controlling robots, and pretty much anything else you could imagine. Feeling inspired? Check out our Maker’s Guide to Boards to find the right one for your next build.
This Custom Built “Commute Deck” Makes it Easy to Work on the Go
The Commute Deck is designed to provide a productive computing experience for UNIX terminal work in tight places, like a train or airplane.
These Interactive Cellphone Butterflies Come to Life When You Call Them
The butterflies, created with recycled phone parts and glittering with SIM card wings, can receive phone calls.
Inside Adafruit, the Open-Source Manufacturing Maker Champions
Adafruit was founded in a dorm room by MIT engineer Limor “Ladyada” Fried as an online learning resource and marketplace for DIY electronics.
Maker Pro News: An Open Hardware Exposé, Changes at TechShop, and More
There were quite a few announcements in the maker pro space this past week. There are a lot of tech hardware changes too.
Free Arduino
The Arduino team and Arduino Holding need to show us that the Arduino Foundation has been formed as an independent and open organization.
Tales of a 6th Grade Maker: Tribulations of a Laser Cutting Science Fair Project
Elijah ran into some hiccups while building a laser to slice through paper for his middle school science fair.
