RFduino: Fingertip-Sized Microcontroller with Bluetooth LE (Kickstarter)
The folks at OpenSource RF have launched RFduino on Kickstarter, one of the smallest Arduino-compatible microcontrollers around, and it even has Bluetooth 4.0 LE built in. This looks like a wonderful...
View ArticleConnect Arduino to the Internet for $10
For prototypers working with Arduino, connecting to the internet can be quite expensive. There’s the Arduino Cloud Shield from Twine (but it ties you to their platform), the Arduino GSM Shield which...
View ArticleHacking the Perfect Garden with Embeddable Technology
I just pledged $39 on Kickstarter towards the new Smart Herb Garden by Click & Grow. The technology is well-suited to indoor use. It centers around a special nanotech engineered soil, a...
View ArticleExternalizing fitness motivation by hacking the real world
One of my first inspirations for hacking the physical world came from seeing the video “Piano Stairs” where an ordinary set of stairs is transformed into an interactive piano synth with the wonderful...
View ArticleArduino-Compatible, Wi-Fi Board from HAXLR8R Company, Spark Core
We were too busy travelling to New York and China to notice the launch of Spark Core, probably one of the most interesting prototyping boards to be released…yet. It’s pretty simple: a prototyping board...
View ArticleGetting Online with Arduino: Round Up of Devices
If you’re manipulating the physical environment through software, or the other way around, then you need a way to get your hardware online. Arduino (and its community and ecosystem of sensors and...
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Comparing Hardware Hacker Prototyping Boards
UDOO, a sort-of dual Arduino + Raspberry PI hardware hacker prototyping board and extremely successful Kickstarter campaign that we interviewed recently, just released a handy comparison chart of...
View ArticleWigWag is like IFTTT for Home Automation
WigWag, launched 2 hours ago on Kickstarter (31% funded with $15,915 raised out of $50,000), looks like a promising new approach to sensors in the home, offering up an “IFTTT”-like interface for wiring...
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Meet RAPIRO, the hackable robot kit for Raspberry Pi
Shota Ishiwatari reached out to us to announce his new Kickstarter project, RAPIRO, and it’s something you definitely want to keep an eye on (or back the project) if you’re into hackable robotics....
View ArticleControl your Arduino Projects from Android with Annikken Andee
If you’re hacking Arduino and the phone in your pocket is an Android, then check out Annikken Andee. It looks super compelling. Annikken Andee is an Indiegogo project that’s close to funded and...
View ArticleBack Cortado (Wireless Arduino Dev Board) and Get Notified When it Arrives in...
Cortado just launched – it’s a nicely-designed, very small-footprint arduino board (an inch and a half or so in length) designed for wireless applications. The whole idea behind it is giving the user...
View ArticleSmartphone UI for Arduino (Annikken Andee now available on iOS)
Practically any hardware product concept these days will have a smart phone component. Not just to tap the computing power and connectivity, but because better overall user experiences can be provided....
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