Youngsters interested in technology might get a kick out of working with real computer hardware and software during their summer break. Parents, relatives, and friends have many ways to get these kids ...

The Arduino is itself an example of minimalization – a tiny computer on a chip – how cool is that? Let’s see what we can make it do. It’s not Windows, or MAC OS.

Here is a basic Arduino demo that can help get you up and running with your own Hangout robots! There are four main parts to this: web app (node.js running on ec2, has tcp & web sockets) processing ...

Microcontrollers existed before the Arduino, and a device that anyone could program and blink an LED existed before the first Maker Faire. This might come as a surprise to some, but for others PICs… ...