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February 6, 2014
Bright Idea: Using Raspberry Pi as a Lamp Timer
The following is an excerpt from Getting Started with Raspberry Pi by Matt Richardson and Shawn Wallace. Let’s say you’re leaving for a long vacation early tomorrow morning and you want to ward off would-be burglars from your home. A lamp timer is a good deterrent, but hardware stores are closed […]
The Emergence of the Connected City
If the modern city is a symbol for randomness — even chaos — the city of the near future is shaping up along opposite metaphorical lines. The urban environment is evolving rapidly, and amodel is emerging that is more efficient, more functional, more — connected, in a word. This will affect […]
The Internet of Things: Why Does it Matter?
This is the final installment of a three-part series on the Internet of Things with Atmel’s Tom Vu and Internet of Things Council member Michael Koster. Today's topic: Why the Internet of Things matters. 
February 5, 2014
Projects with Ryan Slaugh: Active Filters & Tool Suggestions
Over the last few videos I have highlighted helpful circuits. In this video, I highlight an active filter setup utilizing an operational amplifier. Filters are very helpful when working with analog signals. Often the range of frequencies needed are not across the entire band, therefore you need to filter out […]
Whatever Happened to the Kano Kit?
With the Kano Kit now on the verge of shipping to backers, we talked again to Alex Klein about their experience on Kickstarter, and building and designing hardware when you're not really a hardware company.
The Internet of Things: What is the IoT Toolkit?
This is the second of a three-part series on the Internet of Things with Atmel’s Tom Vu and Internet of Things Council member Michael Koster. Today: What is the IoT Toolkit?
New Project: Notifying Doorbell with PushingBox
This project will help you to hack your doorbell to send Push notification and an email with an attached picture when somebody’s at the door. It use the free PushingBox service to delegate all the programming part and make things easy.
Celebrating X-Men: Days of Future Past with cardboard
To get us all in the spirit of the soon-to-be released X-Men: Days of Future Past, I created a couple of X-Men-based craft concepts that can be made easily from the comfort of home.
February 4, 2014
Request for Stories: Share the Love!
We’re looking for your Valentine projects and stories in these topic areas: cards & gifts, collaborative project stories, marriage proposal stories, and maker couple stories. If we feature your story/project on the blog, you’ll get a shiny new Maker's Notebook!
Send Your Creations to Space with the Global Space Balloon Challenge
Have you ever wished that you could build something and send it to space? The Global Space Balloon Challenge (GSBC) is an event organized to help you do just that: build, launch, and recover your very own HAB.
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