Spark Devices is using Kickstarter and DIYers as the gateway into building a hardware and cloud-based platform for the internet of things. Today it’s DIY, but tomorrow it hopes to have corporate clients. Read more »
Chipmakers are eying the maker community as a possible development community for the internet of things. Texas Instruments has two new offerings for this crowd. Read more »
What can a pair of Google engineers do with their technical prowess at home? Create an Android app that controls a lawn watering system through an Arduino board and the web! Read more »
Facebook’s hackathons have generated some cool ideas. Facebook shared the top hacks from 2012 that range from silly (3-D printed globes showing where and how people use Facebook) to serious (calendar views for you upcoming events on the site). Read more »
For those friend sof yours who are always knee-deep in robotics or waiting for their Raspberry Pi mini-computer to ship, we’ve consulted with a few experts and come up with some fun kits and toys that might make their holidays. See if anything strikes your fancy. Read more »
Build-your-own cell phones, a “finger-worn executive assistant,” immersive TV, 3-D printed houses: These are among the many cool technologies on display at MIT’s Media Lab. Read more »
Thanks to Arduino kits and the Raspberry Pi Linux computer, computing now can cost less than LEGOs. So today’s kids — and a generation of enthusiast hackers — are creating a movement that might incubate the next Woz. What will cheap computing build? Read more »
The Internet of Things should be its own category on Kickstarter, since there’s yet another project on the site that hopes to connect your physical and digital worlds. But its real promise may be in providing context to computers that will evolve into new user interfaces. Read more »
Robots and 3-D printers aren’t yet used by mainstream consumers but when I find one effort that combines the two, it’s a “nerdgasm” to the extreme. Take a peek at this video showing off a robotic hand that was created from a 3-D printer. Read more »
The Web is fantastic, but even with our smartphones, we’re still stuck staring at a screen. Some startups and DIYers are trying to make it easier to bring the binary interactions of our digital lives into the real world. This is awesome. Read more »
I don’t use FaceTime all that often, which is why this neat little Arduino-based hack is so cool: It basically guarantees someone will call me using Apple’s video chat service. Plus, that someone will also be a dog called Chewie. Read more »
