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A Compelling, Short Video Explains The Present And Future Of Wearable Technology

Christopher Mims | Quartz | April 26, 2013

“Having technology on you, around you, inside you 24/7 is going to be totally commonplace,” says Rebecca (Becky) Stern, a director of wearable electronics at Adafruit Industries, in this excellent, highly watchable introduction to wearable technology. Read More »

Apple Will Put Microsoft, HP Out Of Business

Rocco Pendola | The Street | January 13, 2014

Way the heck back in September 2012 I wrote Meg Whitman and HP: Everything That Is Wrong With Tech. That was on the heels of the Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO saying because everybody else is doing a smartphone, we'll have to do one as well. Read More »

Just Four Companies Will Produce The Microchips On Which The Global Economy Depends

Christopher Mims | Quartz | April 25, 2013

Making advanced microchips has always been hard. But it’s now so difficult that the number of companies with the knowledge and cash to do it is about to shrink to precisely four. Read More »

OSLOOM: An Open Source Jacquard Loom

Staff Writer | Open Source Textiles | July 3, 2012

The OSLOOM project has been working for two years to build an open source Jacquard loom. It is one of the first open source textiles projects to receive some funding via Kickstarter... Read More »

Samsung Tizen-Based TVs Could Hit Market In 2014, CEO Says

Shara Tibken | CNET | September 12, 2013

Boo-Keun Yoon, co-CEO of Samsung and head of the consumer electronics business, tells a German publication that the company is working on televisions running the open source operating system. Read More »

Space Storms Could Knock Out The World’s Entire Critical Communications Infrastructure

Alan Woodward | Quartz | August 12, 2013

In 1859, from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2, we were given an important lesson about how vulnerable we are to the Sun’s power. The Carrington Event, named for the amateur astronomer who recorded it, Richard Christopher Carrington, was a coronal mass ejection: a huge burst of solar wind... Read More »

SparkFun CEO Nathan Seidle To Speak At TEDxBoulder Event

Press Release | SparkFun Electronics | September 20, 2012

SparkFun Electronics, a provider of parts, knowledge and passion for electronics creation, is proud to announce CEO Nathan Seidle will be presenting at the third annual TEDxBoulder  event on Saturday, Sept. 22. Read More »

SparkFun Engineer To Speak At 2012 Open Hardware Summit

Press Release | SparkFun Electronics | September 11, 2012

SparkFun Electronics (http://www.sparkfun.com), a provider of parts, knowledge and passion for electronics creation, is honored to announce Engineer Mike Hord's presentation at the 2012 Open Hardware Summit (http://summit.oshwa.org/). Read More »

STEMI: DIY open access spider robot that teaches kids 3D modeling, robotics and code

Kira | 3ders.org | October 26, 2015

STEMI is a hexapod robot that is controlled with a smartphone app and moves quite like a spider. More than just a robot, however, STEMI is intended to be a learning experience, teaching users aged 13 and up the basics of 3D modeling, electronics, Arduino programming and mobile app programming—the kinds of skills they’ll require to shape our future. In the future, 3D printable custom covers will also be made available for those wanting to learn 3D printing technology. Though it is primarily intended for children, there’s no reason adult tinkerers can’t learn a little something, or just have fun with it, too.

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Ten Open Source Hardware And Design Projects That Are Setting New Standards

Simone Cicero | Open Electronics | September 12, 2013

The Open Source hardware and design community is on fire these days. Apart from the projects that eventually already gained worldwide recognition such as Open Source Ecology, DIYDrones, Arduino or RepRap, many fantastic projects, focused on specific aspects, hold great promises. Read More »