Posts with «technology» label

Microsoft Announces Windows IoT Support for Arduino and DragonBoard

Microsoft is getting their latest OS into the Maker scene through SBC integration. Their latest update adds support for Arduino and Dragonboard.

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Arduino Basics: Add Pulsing LED Eyes to Halloween Props

LEDs are the perfect touch to add a creepy red glow to your Halloween props. Make them fade in and out with a simple Arduino sketch.

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Let This Helmet with a Robot Arm (Sorta) Brush Your Teeth

Maker Simone Giertz creates a ridiculous, impractical, yet awesome motorized helmet that brushes her teeth. Sorta.

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Roomba, I Command Thee: Use Raspberry Pi for Voice Control

Take advantage of these open source resources to set up voice control with Raspberry Pi and bark orders at your home appliances.

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Build an Arduino-Powered Candy Vending Machine

With some simple programming and a few basic parts, you can rig up a candy vending machine that slides sweets toward you at the push of a button.

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Progress Report: Secretive Club Designing, 3D Printing a Full-Size BB-8

A BB-8 Builders Club has created plans for creating your own 3D printable full-size BB-8 droid.

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Choreograph a Music and Light Display for the Holiday

Trick-or-treaters are bound to get a thrill when you make this choreographed music and light display that plays each time your gate is opened.

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We Talk to the Mystery Maker Behind the 3D Printed Railgun

Make: talks to the man behind the homemade, portable railgun that the net has gone nuts over.

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$30 Gets You the Sensor-Packed, Curie-Powered Arduino 101

Today at the Rome Maker Faire, Intel and Arduino are announcing a new board, the Arduino 101, powered by the Intel Curie module.

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Will This Real-Life Thor’s Hammer Let You Pick it Up?

With a few simple components, these pranksters were able to build Thor's Hammer so that it truly only responds to whosoever is worthy.

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