Best IoT DIY Project 2011 | Postscapes
— Doug
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Great ideas. Nice to see the Internet of Things (IoT) growing so quickly.
Robotic Open Platform « adafruit industries blog
— Doug
Robotic Open Platform via Erin…
Robotic Open Platform (ROP) aims to make hardware designs of robots available under an Open Hardware license to the entire robotic community. It provides CAD drawings, electric schemes and the required documentation to build their own robot. In the near future, standard electromechanic interfaces between …
Welcome - Fritzing
— Doug
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Document your prototype, share them with others, teach electronics and create PCB layouts.
Monitor: More than just digital quilting | The Economist
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It keeps moving forward.
Arduino - HomePage
— Doug
via arduino.cc
Arduino 1.0 is here!!! It's all the rage, everyone is talking. Go take a look and make something today.
Found a picture of the first robot I built
— DougWell my niece, brother and dad found an old picture of the first robot I built back in the 1980's. I was still in high school. It was powerful enough the kids could ride it around the house.
Ten Weeks of Gift Ideas | Week 3 - MAKE Technology - O'Reilly Media
— Doug
via shop.oreilly.com
All the Make: books you can shake a stick at. A nice find by my brother!
STEM Shortage | Online Engineering Degree
— Doug
via onlineengineeringdegree.com
This is why I do it. It is very important for kids to understand. STEM is their best future and the best future for America.
Make: Kit Reviews | The Ultimate Kit Guide
— Doug
Kits, kits and more kits. Find one you like and build it. There is no better time than now to get started.
Stanislaw Lem
— Dougfrom The Cyberiad
One day Trurl the constructor put together a machine that could create anything starting with n. When it was ready, he tried it out, ordering it to make needles, then nankeens and negligees, which it did, then nail the lot to narghiles filled with nepenthe and numerous …
Soldering | EEVblog - The Electronics Engineering Video Blog
— Doug
via eevblog.com
Great introduction to the tools and techniques required to make a good solder connection.
The Entrepreneurial Generation
— Doug
via nytimes.com
Our kids can no longer expect to work for a large corporation when they grow up. All of the benefits that used to be there are quickly disappearing. We need to be teaching our kids how to be Entrepreneurs.
MightyOhm » Blog Archive » Announcing the “Soldering is Easy” Complete Comic Book!
— Doug
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Now that's a comic book I really like.
Arduino @radioshack – the official post from Radioshack congrats @arduinoteam « adafruit industries blog
— DougArduino \@radioshack – the official post from Radioshack congrats \@arduinoteam
The Shack® Blog – We Listened: Arduino Is Coming via DP.
A few months ago, we reached out to our community and asked what DIY parts and pieces you wished you could find at your local RadioShack store. We were overwhelmed with …
Robots help teens learn about science - San Antonio Express-News
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This is what it is all about. Letting the kids experience learning first hand that does not include sitting at a desk and being lectured.
DIY Projects, Inspiration, How-tos, Hacks, Mods & More @ Makezine.com - Tweak Technology to Your Will
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The Making of Arduino - IEEE Spectrum
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Photo: Randi Silberman Klett
The Arduino core team [from left]—David Cuartielles, Gianluca Martino, Tom Igoe, David Mellis, and Massimo Banzi—get together at Maker Faire in New York City.
The picturesque town of Ivrea, which straddles the blue-green Dora Baltea River in northern Italy, is famous for its underdog …
![The Arduino core team [from left]—David Cuartielles, Gianluca Martino, Tom Igoe, David Mellis, and Massimo Banzi—get together at Maker Faire in New York City.](http://spectrum.ieee.org/img/arduino01-1319573198164.jpg)
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