The Road to the I/O Sensor Network
The long tale of the slippery path taking Alasdair Allan, Kipp Bradford, Julie Steele and Rob Faludi to Google I/O to build a distributed sensor network that turned into the talk of the conference.
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Ubiquity Robot Team’s “12 Tasks of Hercules”
Got a passion project and want to build a team around it? Start in your makerspace! Dr. David Crawley desperately wanted to hack robots and build a useful platform, not an inexpensive toy that couldn’t do anything or a useful robot that few could afford. He wanted his to be inexpensive and capable. To pull this off he knew he needed passionate contributors with the right technical backgrounds so he joined Hacker Dojo.
Maker Faire: Day One
The first day of Maker Faire opened Saturday with an exuberant crowd of tinkerers, experimentalists, artists, hobbyists, and of course, makers.
RadioShack Unveils the New Delta Series Mini PC Board at Maker Faire
RadioShack is showing off a sample of their new Delta Series mini PC boards at Maker Faire.
Arduino Announces New Wireless Linux Board
Today, Arduino announced a new family of wireless products that combine the Arduino architecture with Linux.
Maker Faire for Start-Ups
The guys at Helios don’t have anything to sell at Maker Faire. Their “smart bike” handlebars won’t be available until the fall. But here they are, at Maker Faire, in a small booth with two prototypes bicycle handlebars mounted on bikes. They are engaging with a torrent of curious Maker Faire attendees: answering questions, demonstrating […]
A Photo Tour of Maker Faire
Here’s a quick peek at some of the things we saw this morning Maker Faire.
