Fab Labs @ 10
Fab Labs are a global community of local workshops that enable invention by providing access to tools and for digital fabrication education and enrichment, which has grown to over 250 labs worldwide in ten years.
open source hardware
BeagleBone Black is Back
The challenge of finding a BeagleBone Black board is likely a concern of the past.
MinnowBoard Raises the Bar on Embedded Computing
Minnowboard is a new Open Source microcontroller board that is going after the Raspberry Pi market not by emulating the popular RasPi, but by blowing it out of the water with a four-inch $200 mini PC running Ångström Linux on an Intel Atom CPU.
Building a Robot for the 21st Century
This year at MAKE’s Hardware innovation Workshop, Intel’s Futurist Brian David Johnson introduced a 21stCentury robot that is easy to build, completely open source, and filled with humanity. The idea is to enable as many people as possible to design, print and program robots. The robot he brought with him to the event was made entirely on a Makerbot Replicator2.
PATENT-B-GONE! Inventor Mitch Altman explains why he open-sourced his TV-B-Gone kit
Inventor Mitch Altman explains why he open-sourced his TV-B-Gone kit – MAKE volume 12. As an inventor, I was taught that patents encouraged creativity and entrepreneurship. So, after finishing my first TV-B-Gone universal remote control prototype, I naturally called my brother the patent attorney, and together we filed a patent application. Was that the best […]
Ybox 2 – Networked Set-Top Box in an Altoids Tin
Tarikh and Josh from Uncommon Projects write in about the new Ybox 2 (The ybox2 is the second-generation networked set-top box in an Altoids tin) Hello friends and YBox enthusiasts! We have some exciting news to share. There is a new YBox on the block–the YBox 2! The YBox made its debut as a quick […]
