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Pebble Rocks Again: Rebble Hackathon #001

Pebble Rocks Again: Rebble Hackathon #001

By David Groom

David Groom

David bought his first Arduino in 2007 as part of a Roomba hacking project. Since then, he has been obsessed with writing code that you can touch. David fell in love with the original Pebble smartwatch, and even more so with its successor, which allowed him to combine the beloved wearable with his passion for hardware hacking via its smartstrap functionality. Unable to part with his smartwatch sweetheart, David wrote a love letter to the Pebble community, which blossomed into Rebble, the service that keeps Pebbles ticking today, despite the company's demise in 2016. When he's not hacking on wearables, David can probably be found building a companion bot, experimenting with machine learning, growing his ever-increasing collection of dev boards, or hacking on DOS-based palmtops from the 90s.

Find David on Mastodon at @ishotjr@chaos.social and to a far lesser extent on Twitter at @IShJR.

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The year is 2015. Pebble have just set another Kickstarter record with their new Time model, which in addition to a color display, features a mysterious new “smartstrap” functionality. An exciting hackathon is announced, called Pebble Rocks Boulder, where 75 lucky hardware hackers will get the chance to preview the new smartstrap API, which allows […]

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Maker Pro News: Pebble Pinching, Hardware Incubator Frontiers, and More

Maker Pro News: Pebble Pinching, Hardware Incubator Frontiers, and More

By DC Denison

DC Denison

DC Denison is the co-editor of The Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection of makers and business. That means hardware startups, new products, and market trends.

DC manages customer stories at Acquia, the digital experience company.

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By Jon Christian

Jon Christian

Jon Christian is the co-editor of the Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection between makers and business. He's also written for the Boston Globe, WIRED and The Atlantic.

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Find the latest news about startups, products, incubators, and innovators.

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Hands on with the RePhone, the Modular Wearable Cell Phone

Hands on with the RePhone, the Modular Wearable Cell Phone

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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On Tuesday Seeed Studio kicked off a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for their newest and hottest product, the RePhone, a modular open source cell phone. Today we got to go hands on with the hardware.

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Hacking on the Pebble Smartstrap

Hacking on the Pebble Smartstrap

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 smart watch market is heating up. However perhaps the most intriguing thing about Pebble’s new hardware platforms is the smart accessory port, which will let you build a smartstrap for your smart watch.

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A First Look at the RePhone, a Modular Cellphone You Build Yourself

A First Look at the RePhone, a Modular Cellphone You Build Yourself

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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Today SeeedStudio launched an intriguing new Kickstarter project, the RePhone. Reminiscent of Google’s Project Ara, the RePhone is a modular phone built from open source components.

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For the First Time in Public — the Pebble Smartstrap

For the First Time in Public — the Pebble Smartstrap

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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We take a look at the SeeedStudio Xadow-based Smartstrap for Pebble Time. This is the first time that the Smartstrap has ever been seen in public.

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