Beijing Makerspace is bringing tinkerers together to help make their IoT dreams a reality. Sander Arts, Atmel VP of Corporate Marketing, recently paid a special visit to the Beijing Makerspace on Tuesday, January 21, 2015. There, not only did he explore the latest and greatest DIY creations, Arts participated in a well-attended press event with a number of journalists, tinkerers and entrepreneurs to discuss […]
Like LEGOs on steroids. Iconic toy systems like Tinkertoy, LEGO and K’NEX have served as building blocks for the Maker Movement for decades, inspiring young do-it-yourselfers to piece together bricks, interlock rods and connect wheels to whip up some incredible projects. And, it’s clearer than ever before that today’s DIY culture is spurring an appetite for modular tools, as seen with the rise of littleBits and open-source machines. […]
And who said big things can’t come in tiny packages? As seen throughout the CES 2015 show floor, the Internet of Things (IoT) is more apparent than ever before. From the kitchen to the office to the body, we’re entering a future world where all types of electronic devices are linked to each other via the web. In 2009, there were 2.5 […]
Manga Screen is a 4.3″ LCD screen with a capacitive touch panel and HDMI input. Developed by Oslo-based Maker Elias Bakken, the Manga Screen is a high-definition, 4.3” LCD screen. Powered by USB, the capacitive multi-touch screen can be used with any device that has an HDMI output, including a Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone Black, Odroid and Arduino Tre. […]
LocoRobo offers a modern, cutting-edge robotics kit and a technology-rigorous learning experience. Drexel University professor Pramod Abichandani and a team of three undergraduate students have developed LocoRobo, a low-cost robot capable of being wirelessly programmed with minimal to no effort. Born out of his own frustrations with bots, Abichandani aspires to advance programming and robotics education for everyone — from first-graders […]
Have you always wanted to include a fingerprint scanner in your Arduino project? Now you can. Patrick Thomas Mitchell recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for a pair of boards looking to enable Makers to add fingerprint scanning to their projects. The first, an Arduino-compatible board, is equipped with a keypad and LCD which allows users to toggle five different I/O lines, control […]
We’re sure you’ve probably seen the recent Beats by Dre commercial, which features a handful of celebrities showcasing some #SoloSelfies to the tunes of Swedish musical group Axwell Λ Ingrosso. As part of a digital fab project, Maker Juan Sian has created a pair of 3D-printed headphones of his own, equipped with speakers wired to an Arduino soundboard. Paired to the same song […]
Oscilloscopes are tools conventionally used to indicate changes in signal voltages with a simple 2D XY line plot. However, with a little tinkering, they can also become a gaming monitor. That is just what programmer Pekka Väänänen demonstrated. The Maker had rigged an aging oscilloscope into a playable version of the classic first-person shooter game Quake. While gaming demakes — which refer to […]
Maker Oliver Krohn — who you may remember from his recent Juraduino device — has now modded an off-the-shelf Jura Impressa S95 coffeemaker to include an AVR powered RFID payment system. The system is driven by an ATmega328 based board, an RFID reader, a Bluetooth module along with a few other components, all enclosed in a plastic case. The board communicates with the coffeemaker using its service (serial) […]
There’s music making and then there’s making music. From gloves that play tunes to modded printers that blare songs, Makers have proven that just about anything — and we mean everything — can be transformed into sound. And well, as you can tell from our #ThrowbackThursday chippy takes on ‘90s hits, we love music. Not to mention, a […]
