APC Paper, stored inside an aluminum case surrounded by a cardboard "book" cover (via VIA) The ever-growing trend of micro-PCs continues to escalate since Raspberry Pi hit the market back in 2011. Companies such as FXI Technologies (Cotton Candy...
StickNFind, Bluetooth tracking "stickers" (via Indiegogo) Everybody’s lost something at some point in their lives which made for a rather bad day, such as losing your car keys, misplacing the family pet or missing out on your favorite show becau...
Esplora development board (via Arduino) Looking to start your OSHW (Open Source Hardware) project using an Arduino board but don’t have extensive knowledge on working with the micro-controller? Perhaps the recently released Arduino Esplora is r...
www.youtube.com/watch Seeing new projects and innovative hacks is one of the things I love most about being an engineer. Making things work and building systems from scratch, such as this frequency counter, is the type of small project that can ...
Sidewinder palmtop base stations (via Cambridge Consultants Limited) Although iPhones and many other phones do not have NFC capabilities they may soon be able to make similar transactions like paying for purchases, among other things, by extrac...
Hummingbird dev board (via Brainbird Technologies) Brainbird Technologies is helping to motivate kids everywhere about the interesting and exciting opportunities science offers. The Hummingbird, a small do-it-yourself microcontroller, is aimed a...
Arndale Community Board (via arndaleboard.org) The market for smart phone, tablet and computer apps has exploded. This year’s purchase of Instagram by Facebook, for about $715 million, is prime example of where the app developing community is fi...
Arduino Due dev board The Arduino Uno fought its way to the top of the list for best commercial microcontrollers laying the groundwork for open source programming and developing along the way. Competitors' other options washed out the industry. ...
GSM/GRPS shield (via Arduino) Arduino comes with a hefty helping of unique features, but using some of them is easier said than done. Example; GSM linkup is available but using it along with GPRS and TCP communications is difficult, so Telefonic...
Production Digisparks (via Kettenburg & Kickstarter) Platforms like the Arduino or RPi offer infinite possibilities to create and invent — anything you can dream of or at least anything you can assemble and code. A large part of those possib...
(Left) RA 3D dev board with speaker (Right) Stepper driver 3 pack for only $33 (via Elefu & Kickstarter) Planning on building your own 3D printer, or customizing one you already have? You might want to check out the RA 3D printing controller...
Q4 controllers (via kickstarter) Kickstarter's windfall funding strikes again. RC car, plane and robotics enthusiasts looking for a controller that can handle just about anything need only to look at Quantum Robotics open-source Q2/Q4 c...
