We’re excited to announce the new QTouch® Surface platform for capacitive touch-enabled user interfaces. The new QTouch Surface platform builds on the market-proven QTouch capacitive touch button sensing technology supported by Atmel | SMART MCUs. The new solution includes an on-chip peripheral touch controller (PTC), the cornerstone technology that enables higher performance capacitive touch on […]
Give your Arduino-compatible projects an awesome OLED screen. Developed by the Rapid Prototypes team, Pixelduino — which has now been successfully funded on Kickstarter — is an Arduino-compatible microcontroller equipped with a full-color OLED display. Based on an Atmel ATmega328P, the board features a 1.5-inch, 128×128 pixel color screen and a microSD card reader. According to its creators, the Pixelduino can be used […]
Our clothes already say a lot about us, but thanks to the latest breakthroughs in wearable technology, they’re about to say a whole lot more. For decades, many of us have turned to fashion to express ourselves, particularly with those good ol’ graphic t-shirts. However, sometimes these t-shirts don’t do us justice. With the advent of wearable electronic platforms (powered by […]
It looks like we’re inching ever so close to a Minority Report-like future after all. That’s because Paris-based company Cicret (pronounced “secret”) is looking to kick the wearables game up a notch by transforming your arm into your phone’s screen. With the smart bracelet, the team’s promo video explains that “you can do what you use to do with a tablet but diretly on […]
As the next frontier of the Internet, the IoT represents a compelling opportunity across a staggering array of applications. In its entirety, the Internet of Things can radically transform nearly every aspect of how we live, play and work, on local and global levels. Having a network of smart, connected devices means we can build safer buildings, design […]
If you’re like our team, then you are huge fans of late-night television. From the days of Johnny Carson to Jay Leno to Jimmy Fallon, we love it all — which is why this recent project from a group of Olin College students certainly caught our attention. Inspired by The Tonight Show skit featuring Justin Timberlake, the Makers devised a […]
The Tardis Watch is a perfect DIY alternative to those either ‘boring’ wearables. Maker Moritz Wenzel has created an Arduino-compatible, software and hardware expandable smartwatch appropriately named Tardis Smartwatch. “Currently, every company on the market [has] built their own smartwatch, nice small devices that makes your life a little bit easier and more comfortable. But for a Maker, a hacker, […]
A few months back, SMS Audio (created by hip-hop artist 50 Cent) teamed with Intel to launch its Biosport Headphone System. In celebration of the product’s launch, the companies partnered with Sid Lee New York to put together an art installation that merged both technology and physiology. The result? A drawing machine that could be controlled by each viewer’s heart rate. […]
Another year, another couple of spots on EDN’s Hot 100 Products list! Just announced, the industry publication has chosen both the newly-unveiled Arduino Wi-Fi Shield 101 and the Atmel | SMART SAM G family among this 2014’s hottest boards and development tools helping to enable key trends like the Internet of Things, wearables and security, as well emerging technologies such as 3D printing and wireless power. “Of […]
50% of those considering buying a smart wristband will choose a smartwatch instead, says Gartner. According to Gartner’s most recent report, smart wristbands will decrease in popularity over the next year as consumers will migrate to more all-purpose smartwatch devices. However, the market for smart wristbands and other fitness monitors will experience a resurgence come 2016 because of versatile designs with lower-cost displays, as well as the […]
