Heck, maybe the next generation of keyboards will permanently include words like “SWAG” and “YOLO.” While at work, “ch00ftechTV” and his colleagues find amusement in pulling pranks on one another, especially when one of them leaves the office. When his pal — who happens to be an avid gamer and a particularly big fan of the “Montage Parody” 1337-sp34k — went […]
Hey, do you know what Tinys.it? The first digital watch, a Pulsar prototype, was developed jointly by Hamilton Watch Company and Electro-Data back in 1970. Finally launched in the spring of 1972, the device was comprised of 18-carat gold and featured a red light-emitting diode (LED) display. Watches with LED displays would remain popular for a few years […]
This $11 open-source board is based on an ATmega328 and comes without a USB converter. Last year, the e-radionica.com crew released the Croduino Basic, an open-source board based on the wildly popular ATmega328 MCU. Now, the team has returned with the debut of the Croduino Pico. Currently available on Tindie for $11, the Croduino Pico is billed as “simpler […]
Ardhat is the missing link that connects the Raspberry Pi with the real world. After migrating from an Arduino to a Raspberry Pi, Maker Jonathan Peace discovered that there were still some things that he just couldn’t do with a barebones Unix platform. In search of a way to help alleviate this problem, Ardhat was born. Billed as the “missing […]
The White House has announced that this year’s ‘Week of Making’ will be June 12-18. After last year’s inaugural White House Maker Faire proved to be a roaring success, the Obama Administration has announced that they will once again be celebrating a ‘Week of Making’ this summer, from June 12th through the 18th. The week will kick off […]
We’re not quite sure what it is, but there’s certainly something magical about watching hundreds of LEDs fly brilliantly through a night sky. In preparation for this most recent jump, skydiver Nikko Mamallo embedded his Squirrel FUNK wingsuit with 10 Adafruit NeoPixel strips — three in each wing, four in the tail. As you can imagine, with 300 animated LEDs in […]
This super fast DIY 3D printer may one day take on the likes of Carbon3D. Just the other week, Carbon3D unveiled a groundbreaking new 3D printing process, which is being billed as anywhere between 25 and 100 times faster than machines on the market today. Hot on the heels of this big announcement, 3DPrint.com has brought to our attention another super speedy […]
This easy-to-use, even easier-to-hold pen draws 3D models right in thin air. While 3D printers may have stolen the buzz as of late, 3D pen makers aren’t too far behind in meeting the successes and mainstream appeal of their much larger siblings. In fact, handheld gadgets like the 3Doodler and Lix have already experienced multi-million dollar backings on Kickstarter over […]
Ardusat lets students to launch experiments in space and collect data from an orbiting satellite. Ask any classroom of kids what they want to be when they grow up, and undoubtedly a few imaginative youngsters will answer emphatically with “astronaut!” With that lofty goal in mind, Salt Lake City-based startup Ardusat has partnered with satellite-based data provider Spire […]
Why go to Staples for a keyboard when you can print your own? The Planck is a compact (40%) Ortholinear keyboard designed with ergomnomic thumb placement. For those unfamiliar the kits, the plate layouts are relatively the same as a traditional keyboard with the exception that the keys are all the same size. Recently, Maker Adam Forland 3D-printed and assembled a fully-functioning […]
