Phiro is a LEGO-compatible robotics toy that kids can play, code and innovate in various ways. Research shows that one of the most effective ways for kids to learn problem-solving is through robotics and coding. This is an area that sisters Deepti Suchindran and Aditi Prasad — who are the founders of Boston-based startup Robotix — hope Phiro […]
Did you know that 80% of the 2015 Hackaday Prize finalists are powered by Atmel? With only days left until we learn which project will walk away with this year’s crown, we recently sat down with each of the potential winners to get to know them better. Confined spaces can be a dangerous part of rescue work, especially for miners and firemen. Not […]
This wireless musical instrument is an exciting and simple way to explore and play sounds through motion. If you like strumming your air guitar or beating your imaginary drum set, then TZM Creative Lab has got something for you! And that something is their wireless, battery-powered instrument, Motus. While holding Motus in hand, the device enables users to literally play music by moving — no keys, buttons […]
Press a button and this AVR powered street sign will point you in the right direction. During a recent hackathon, one team from South African hackerspace BinarySpace was tasked with building something that could make use of openly available government data in a creative way. For this endeavor, the group took inspiration from BREAKFAST NY’s XMEGA powered Points Sign — an intelligent street sign that parses real-time […]
Did you know that 80% of the 2015 Hackaday Prize finalists are powered by Atmel? With only days left until we learn which project will walk away with this year’s crown, we recently sat down with each of the potential winners to get to know them better. While there are surely amazing bionic hands available for amputees today, their price tag […]
The Fiat Lux controller is an Arduino-compatible board specifically designed for DIY wearable projects. Sisters and entreprenuers Lavanya and Melissa Jawaharlal have already successfully run a pair of Kickstarter campaigns. You may recall the AVR powered Pi-Bot from last year? Hoping three’s a charm, the co-founders of Southern California startup STEM Center have now introduced Fiat Lux — a wearable electronics kit […]
Did you know that 80% of the 2015 Hackaday Prize finalists are powered by Atmel? With only days left until we learn which project will walk away with this year’s crown, we recently sat down with each of the potential winners to get to know them better. Transportation is major issue in the developing world due to its lacking physical infrastructure, and unfortunately, […]
This bug-like bot enables Makers to easily migrate from graphical style programming to written code. Pet rocks were all the rage in the mid-’70s, and then came the Tamagotchi in the ’90s. So what could be the next craze in the current millennium? Pet robots? It’s not a far reach. Robotics has been a disruptive innovation […]
Every Friday, we’re taking a look at some of the smartest, most innovative projects that caught our attention on Kickstarter and Indiegogo over the last seven days. Gest This wearable allows you to control your computer or smartphone with your hands. Apotact Labs is currently seeking $100,000 on Kickstarter. BeeLine This handlebar-mounted, stripped-down navigation system will guide you in the right direction […]
This group of Makers built a 3D-printed, Arduino-compatible robot that can draw and write. Dating back to the late 1940s, turtle robots have been employed for computer science and mechanical engineering training. These low to the ground gadgets were later perfected by Seymour Papert, co-inventor of the Logo educational programming language in the 1980s. Papert’s models had carried out assigned drawing functions using a small retractable pen […]
