We totally lost this super cool Open Source Hardware project on Kickstarter but now is available for you to buy. Having such a micro programmable display, which is Arduino compatible, will seriously empower you with new use cases: The MicroView is the first chip-sized Arduino compatible that lets you see what your Arduino is thinking…
This project is seriously amazing: easy, appealing, playful and opensource. Look into the video to get a glance of the potential! Know how to play video games? Like music? You’ll love the Lo-Fi SES (Sound Entertainment System). It’s an instrument that makes it easy to rock out as a chiptune artist. The Lo-Fi SES is…
A new Open Source took to find you way into design new wearable gadgets and experiences is looking for funding on kickstarter. Despite the challenging goal, it looks like the project may be on track to achieve its objectives! What is MeU? What if you could communicate instantly with your immediate surroundings? Informing those around you to…
Glimo is a beautifully crafted and super creative open source handheld camera stabilizer that works with any DSLR / COMPACT / P&S and consumer camcorders on the market, developed by Arthur Siau,a French designerand hacker. Improve your films using opensource camera tools Being a product designer, I often have to explain ideas and concepts using scenarios….
A very interesting project just got funded on kickstarter: unfortunately, even if the software looks open source there’s no mention to open source the hardware: PixelPlane is a lego-like LED system for building your own dynamic super-bright, and big lighting walls. We are pretty excited to share our passion for LED’s with the Kickstarter community…
OMG. This project needs to be backed even only for the AMAZING song this father and son put together. Can’t miss. Bluetooth hackable Christmas lights. Hassle-free setup and easy-to-use smart phone app. Any light, any color, any time. Creating amazing, dynamic holiday displays is about to get a lot easier. Dancing LEDs are strings of…
This wonderful project explores the borders between hacking, learning computers, hacking and electronics: it’s a kit you can hack and a learning course you can use to teach people how to create real hardware: Pi-Top provides a platform to expand your knowledge in hardware creation. The kit takes you through each of its components and…
A couple of years ago, The Oatmeal launched an indiegogo campaing to buy the property of Nikola Tesla’s former laboratory, in New York. The campaign was successful as it raised $1.37M. With a combined grant from NY State for an additional $850K, this money was used to make a bid on the property, and the lab was…
Unfortunately, in this case we’re not talking about an open source project. Despite that, it may be useful to some of you experimenting with Arduino: BLEasy is a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) bridge for your Arduino System. It contains two type of modules which work together when pairing up. BLEasy Host connects to the Arduino main…
This is an amazing prject: look at the video because it’s hilarious. What are RGB LED Shades? They’re programmable shutter shade sunglasses with an array of 68 full-color LED pixels on the front. The LEDs can show different colors by mixing levels of Red, Green, and Blue…just like the screen you’re using to read this….
Super cool project from kickstarter: a pocket sized stackable Arduino compatible board: according to the team also, “MangoCube is Open source project and files will be available on github after project completion.” MangoCube is pocket sized, Arduino compatible, stackable header friendly, ATmega32U4 board in cool colourful case. To make MangoCube, we have specifically developed an Arduino Compatible…
As you may remember we covered open source Tor based anonymizing router earlier on here. Apparently last week, while it was nearing $600,000 in funding Anonabox has been hit by a backlash according to claims that the team didn’t built a “custom” board and case for their miniature router but only bought an off-the-shelf case and did some tweaks….
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