The Light Blue Bean Goes Mobile
Today the Light Blue Bean just because the first Arduino compatible board to allow you to write, compile, and then upload a sketch directly from your iPad.
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Hands-On With DJI’s New Inspire One Transforming Drone
DJI’s latest quadcopter is one of the most impressive flying rigs we’ve yet to see.
LittleBits Gives You AC Control With Its New Smart Home Kit
This summer, littleBits promised a world of DIY connected devices when unveiling its access-from-anywhere CloudBit module. Today, they move closer to that promise with the release of their Smart Home Kit, which includes among its 14 components an IR-controllable AC electrical socket. This AC accessory is the star of this kit. It interfaces with your littleBits circuit using […]
Toddlers Can Play Their Favorite Music With Song Blocks Sonos system
Song Blocks was designed using a series of NFC tags, controller board and a Raspberry Pi B+ to engage music from a Sonos wireless hi-fi system.
Users beware as kids love to play the same song repeatedly, which can lead to early hair loss and nervous conditions.
Teaching kids to program with wooden blocks
How do you teach programming to children with no prior programming experience? How do you teach programming to children that can yet read or write?
Building a hackable robotic arm
The meArm is a small, hackable, robotic arm designed from the ground up to be low cost and easy to use.
BITalino (r)evolution: Circuits for Quantified Self and More
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitalino/bitalino-revolution We first met Hugo Silva last year when he introduced us to Bitalino, an Arduino-compatible electronics toolkit designed for exploring the various physiological signals that the human body gives off. The latest iteration of the platform, BITalino (r)evolution, is more affordable and capable than ever, but the team still needs backers to get off […]