I found it interesting that you could put Windows on an Intel Galileo. Like the version of Windows for for small tablets, it’s free (as in beer). To program a Galileo running Windows, you’ll need to run Visual Studio and write some C++.
Zigurd Mednieks checks in from CES In trying to find interesting products for makers, I came across some machine screws that are smaller than fleas, 0.2mm across the shaft. The Matsumoto Industries product was exhibited using a microscope. If you are making something very small, that’s your screw. They were too small for me to […]
The Automatic wireless drink mixer is a final project for a group from the University of Washington’s Electrical Engineering department (ee478). There’s a wireless touchpad interface that talks to the main unit via xbee, an RFID cup interface that keeps track of what you drink, and the whole thing is controlled by a PIC32.
Microsoft is running another contest for 2010 centered on embedded systems and their embeddedSPARK platform, the Windows embedded software for hobbyists. The grand prize this year is a $15,000. The theme is “Fun & Games.” See the embeddedSPARK website for all of the contest details. embeddedSPARK 2010 Challenge
