Back in 2013, a Maker dad named Royce Hutain documented his daughter Zoey’s first LED Halloween costume in a brief YouTube video, which collected over 22 million views and later inspired a business of glowing stickman costumes. This year, he has upped his game by creating a Disney-inspired getup, aptly dubbed “Version 2.0 Minnie Mouse Edition,” that uses digitally addressable LED strips hooked up to […]
This past August, Atmel had the opportunity to be an exhibiting sponsor at the Embedded System Conference in São Paulo, Brazil. Aside from showcasing our latest IoT solutions, Atmel | SMART product line and AVR microcontrollers, we were fortunate to also have time to interact with the vibrant Latin American embedded community. Sander Arts, Atmel VP of Corporate Marketing, shared detailed insight into DIY culture, as […]
Earlier this month, 3D Robotics CEO Chris Anderson took center stage at ARM TechCon 2014 to share his journey from mere Maker to mass market, highlighting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), robotics, and of course, the “Next Industrial Revolution.” During his 40-minute keynote presentation, the former WIRED editor-in-chief shared his original “flying robot” (or, a Lego autopilot), as well as reasons for […]
Are you excited? We sure are! Atmel is getting ready to take center stage at the 5th Annual World Maker Faire 2014 in New York City on September 20th and 21st. Undoubtedly, this year will be amazing as an expected 750+ Makers and 85,000+ attendees head to the New York Hall of Science to see the latest DIY […]
A high school student from India Arsh Shah Dilbagi has devised a product that enables individuals with disabling diseases to communicate via breath, for a cost a hundred times less than similar products on the market. Dilbagi’s Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) prototype, entitled “TALK,” was created using a pair of Atmel powered Arduinos. The first Arduino converts […]
In the early 1980s, engineer Chuck Hull approached his boss with an idea: to develop a machine that printed objects in three-dimensional shapes. His manager discouraged him — after all, the company produced ultraviolet lamps, not Star Trek-like replicators. Though what at the time probably seemed to many people like a gadget out of a far-fetched science fiction […]
It’s official! Trondheim, home of AVR architecture, has officially hopped onboard the Maker Movement train and is going full steam ahead. This year, the region has seen the emergence of Makerspaces, coworking spaces and of course, its first Maker Faire. The inaugural Maker Faire Trondhiem kicked off in the heart of the city on August 29-30th, smack dab in the middle of Trondheim’s town square. Over 70 […]
After many major tech manufacturers left the area in the early 2000s, many citizens throughout Singapore began adopting an ‘If it can be bought, buy it’ attitude when it came technology. Now, with the help of a strong Maker community, a DIY mentality is growing within the region. There is plenty of evidence that the Maker culture […]
up·cy·cle verb reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of a higher quality or value than the original. What remains truly fascinating around the Maker Movement is do-it-yourselfers’ abilities to upcycle items that might otherwise be seen as trash, and transform them into fully-functional treasures — a majority of which rely upon an Atmel-based Arduino board for […]
It’s time to break with conventional thinking. For decades, the measure of success for semiconductors has been OEM design wins. Most consumers haven’t known, or cared, about what is inside their electronic gadgets, as long as they work. That may be about to change, because a new intermediary is finding its voice – and being […]
