When you walk into a dark room, the first thing you naturally want to do is to turn on the light. But who touched that light just before you? Is it worth the risk, or better just to stay in the dark? You no longer will have to face this dilemma with the “don’t touch the light switch” device.
Very important and valuable presentation, again from the program of the Open Hardware Summit in Rome (October 14). Key information for anyone interested in starting a business in open hardware. This is an extended version of the presentation I did at the Open Hardware Summit 2014 in Rome, during the open hardware business models workshop…
Kite breaks up the smartphone into pieces, creating a set of building blocks that you can use to create any device that needs the features of a smartphone: high performance in a battery powered mobile form factor, augmented by complete connectivity and great multimedia features. Developer Shree Kumar is positioning Kite as an open hardware…
You’ve got your design ready to go, you know you have the right components… but where exactly did you place that particular resistor? With the Resys drawer system by Lynlimer, you no longer have to wonder — just type in the needed value and the proper drawer lights up automatically. The device is based on…
With Arduino Mega, we create, a keyboard with RFID module, a configurable access control system, to manage electric locks. In the market there are different types of controls for electric locks: from the simple insertion of codes to biometric readers, passing through transponder readers (RFID) or magnetic strips. The project that we present…
A wireless Arduino-compatible microcontroller with WiFi, mesh networking, and rechargeable battery. A real-time, streaming REST API. Web-connected right out of the box. Pinoccio is a solution to add mesh networking capability and WiFi-Internet access to all yout IoT devices, and it is Arduino compatible. Each board can assume the role of Scout in a Troop…
Prusa3D (a company that currently ships 1000 printers every month) announced a big firmware update for the Prusa I3 MK2 model that focuses on the current day kit builders out there I couldn’t have been happier. Already equipped with automatic mesh bed levelling, a large 25x21x20cm build volume, onboard LCD panel, heated bed, and just about every feature…
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