Open and DIY vs bureaucracies and certifications: obstacles and warranties
The pleasure and passion to start a new project from an almost casual intuition, to create a new prototype,…
Ford and Buglabs launch OpenXC: an API to your Car
Amazing news for geeks as this week Ford launched it’s OpenXC SDK to create applications using car data. The kit has been…
One step nearer to washable Wearable Computers
“According to researchers at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, wearable computers which can withstand washing are one step closer…
The best Open Source Hardware Projects in the world. What’s your choice?
All of us are passionate defenders of open electronics and supporters of the movement for open source hardware, and so…
The Maker Faire is coming to Europe!
As you may know, mostly thanks to Arduino’s success and Massimo Banzi, the Maker Faire, self dubbed as “World’s Largest…
Adafruit presents Gemma, a new miniature wearable electronic platform
Adafruit launches a new platform for the development of wearable devices: Gemma is a tiny wearable platform board with…
IKEA SMS lamp with GSM shield
[iframe_loader src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/jtB6e36J7w4?hl=it&fs=1″ height=”349″ width=”425″ ] We create a lamp controlled by SMS using a GSM shield, a RGB…
Low cost Ethernet shield with ENC28J60
Economical alternative to original Arduino ethernet shields, allows data rates up to 10 Mbps and is achieved with a traditional…
The MAKERS Revolution
A Thanks to Chris Anderson, Massimo Banzi, Dale Dougherty and the MAKERS of the new Industrial Revolution. On March 9 in the Acquario Romano we heard testimonies of people, reality…
MMA7455L Three Axis Digital Output Accelerometer
[iframe_loader src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/beqdlg89I5o?hl=it&fs=1″ height=”349″ width=”425″ ] This module integrates the sensor MMA7455L (produced by Freescale), able to detect the movement…