Sure it’s not an open source hardware news, but it’s an open source relevant news definitely, anyway! Ikea has now decided to support the creative conversion of its products with a new line of furniture that breaks with tradition, leaving plenty of room for people to truly make it their own. The open source concept means that third-party designers…
Ivan Owen’s initial idea has grown into the open-source e-NABLE Community, volunteer army with nearly 10,000 participants in 40 countries, bringing 3D-printed prosthetic hands to kids everywhere. By sharing open-source designs online, any tinkerer with a 3D printer and a nearby hardware store can print and assemble various assistive devices for needy people in their…
How many times does your print stop for a filament error? Now with this Filament Roller you have the chance to avoid any filament problem in printing process. It helps you to detect stoppages, automatically pause your printer, and alert you so you can diagnose your printer! The Filament Roller uses a printed control wheel…
Against any racial discrimination, I think that Lego City citizens have a right to know the weather. In the quest for a true “Internet of Things” solution, a Cactus Micro Rev2 – Arduino with an ESP8266 WiFi module built-in is perfect for the scope. This is a huge time and space saver, costs only a few…
We would like to introduce a nice project makes with different components, put together to sort M&Ms and Skittles! It makes with Arduino controller, stepper motors, an RGB color sensor and 3D-printed parts to sort several types of candy by their respect colors. The machine is able to sort M&M’s and Skittles by colour by…
What could the best choice be if you don’t want to buy an Arduino or a Raspberry Pi board? This is the same question Dave Egts made himself, and Orange Pi is his answer. Dave needed the device to be as inexpensive as possible, but still useful out of the box, with Internet connectivity for…
Mouser has announced a global distribution agreement with SparkFun Electronics, as part of both companies’ commitment to support the growth of the maker movement around the world. Mouser’s catalog now incorporates over 500 SparkFun products, including their signature Arduino Pro, RedBoard, and LilyPad tools. Arduino Pro 328 and Arduino Pro Mini 328 are affordable, low-profile…
Google is intending to expand the dev tools available to makers using the Raspberry Pi microprocessor to power their projects this year — potentially offering software tools for face- and emotion-recognition, speech-to-text translation, natural language processing, sentiment analysis, predictive analytics and more. The company is currently running a survey for Pi makers asking about the sorts of tools they would…
How many times you lose time looking for your home keys in front of the door? Are the keys in your wife’s bag? Lost in your car? Are you sure it never happened to you? …never say never!! 🙂 YouTubers Hacker House made a smart lock that you can control with your phone and with a…
Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition (a.k.a. Mini NES) was an instant hit. Released in 2016, it sold out in just some hours. Even months after the initial release, it’s difficult go get hold of it. There’s not official confirmation, but according to rumors Nintendo is planning to release a SNES Mini – the successful 90’s successor…
The Raspberry Pi has a new rival, the more powerful but slightly pricier Asus Tinker Board. This is a powerful board highly compatible with current solution and peripherals available in the market and it combines low power consumption with high performance platform. Asus board has a quad-core 1.8GHz Rockchip processor, compared to the quad-core 1.2GHz Broadcom…
Arduino enthusiasts looking for a little inspiration for their next project may be interested in an Arduino powered robot that is capable of playing the bagpipes thanks to its Arduino Mega 2560 microprocessing unit. The robot can play a Bagpipe chanter, i.e. a low cost device allowing you to learn to play the bagpipes. This is…
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