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Microsoft Partners with Adafruit for IoT Starter Kits

Microsoft Partners with Adafruit for IoT Starter Kits

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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Microsoft and Adafruit announced the release of a starter kit that will help get users started with Windows 10 IoT Core and Raspberry Pi 2.

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Microsoft Connects to Makers with Community-Driven Projects

Microsoft Connects to Makers with Community-Driven Projects

Craig Couden

By Craig Couden

Craig Couden

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By David Scheltema

David Scheltema

I love to tinker and write about electronics. My days are spent building projects and working as a Technical Editor for MAKE.

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Microsoft came to Maker Faire Bay Area 2015 with an array of projects centered around interactivity and fun. Faire-goers got hands-on time with a human-sized keyboard (á la FAO Shwartz) and a Selfie Curtain that uses a Windows 10 app to capture images and display them on a huge RGB LED wall. And there were […]

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Tips and Tricks: Using Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2

Tips and Tricks: Using Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2

By Brian Jepson

Brian Jepson

I'm a tinkerer and finally reached the point where I fix more things than I break. When I'm not tinkering, I'm probably editing a book for Maker Media.

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Microsoft has officially opened access Windows 10 support for the Raspberry Pi 2 as of last night — coming through on their February announcement that they’d be offering the OS for the diminutive computer. With the installed release, you can now build and deploy apps from a Windows 10 PC running Visual Studio. The B15 robot, shown […]

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Microsoft Announces Windows Support for the Raspberry Pi 2

Microsoft Announces Windows Support for the Raspberry Pi 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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Until today’s release of the new Raspberry Pi 2 there had been no Windows support for the Pi.

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