One year ago, a simple and very cool construction kit for children came out; called Strawbees, it lets kids develop their inner engineer by making all kinds of structures out of ordinary drinking ...

Bringing women into technical education at times seems to be an insurmountable challenge. As a counter, a small drawing robot created by [MakersBox] might help. The robot was used in a ChickTech ...

Folks have been using the popular Arduino DIY computing platform to build robots and all sorts of other simple computing devices for a while. Arduino boards are inexpensive and relatively easy to use ...

The Arduino is a cheap, fun way to get into building your own electronics. It can also be daunting to get started. Here, we’ll show you how to get a start-to-finish Arduino primer with a killer ...

There are plenty of Arduino-based robots in the world, but actually building one is a bit tough if you're not familiar with Arduino programming. But a company called ArcBotics has created an ...

Kickstarter and Thingiverse aren't the only sources of useful and ingenious DIY manufacturing projects and products. Another is Dragon Innovation, where I found a crowdfunded version of the ...

Microchip Technology Inc. announced the expansion of its Arduino™ compatible chipKIT™ ecosystem with two new development tools from Digilent, Inc., and an embedded cloud software framework. Digilent’s ...

This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about Arduino, a project to ease people into creating their own DIY gadgets and electronic art. If you’ve ever had a hankering to make your ...