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New FCC Rules Block Development of Prototyping Board Tessel 2

New FCC Rules Block Development of Prototyping Board Tessel 2

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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From the beginning of June new FCC rules came into effect in the United States for Wi-Fi devices, and they’ve had some unexpected consequences.

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First Look: Tessel 2 Embeds Node.js in Your Project for 35 Bucks

First Look: Tessel 2 Embeds Node.js in Your Project for 35 Bucks

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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Earlier today Technical Machine, the people behind the Javscript-driven Tessel, released the Tessel 2 their next generation board.

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First Look: Javascript Microcontrollers for Web Developers

First Look: Javascript Microcontrollers for Web Developers

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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Right now there are two new micro-controller boards seeking funding—one on Kickstarter, and the other on Dragon Innovation’s new crowdfunding platform—that are slightly different. These boards aren’t just yet another Arduino clone, or yet another possible “Raspberry Pi killer.” These two boards, the Tessel from technical.io and the Espruino from Pur3, intend to take the path least travelled and co-op an existing community not traditionally associated with the maker community.

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