The maker movement is gathering steam around the nation and around the world. To help bring makers and DIY enthusiasts together in the Washington D.C. area, the D.C. Public…
This month marks nine years since O'Reilly Media launched Make magazine, which was the first time many who had already been "makers" for some time started using that term. A…
Maker projects can be tough if you don't have a good workspace. For a long time, mine was an ESD mat on the dining room table. But as my projects (and family) grew, I was…
At the heart of most electronic circuits is the printed circuit board (PCB) that serves to both physically support electronic components and connect those components together…
SparkFun’s Department of Education engages in educational outreach all over the country, and we’re always impressed and excited when we run into people and organizations as…
When the free vector drawing program Inkscape was first released in late 2003, I realized this software could do some part in helping to reduce the number of people…
Following up on the recent review of the Maker's Manifesto, I ran across the book Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson. Anderson is a former Editor in Chief…
By Bernardo Gutierrez They open up areas struck by digital exclusion. They develop autonomous Internet networks in mountainous areas, install organic solar panels, and let…
When's the last time you tinkered with something? Maybe it was someone else's code, maybe it was a project you found on a forum. Were you curious enough to dive in, or did you…
Open source games roundup Week of August 31 - September 6, 2014 In this week's edition of our open source games news roundup, we take a look at some amazing lamps made with…
A while ago, I created a small extension board for the Raspberry Pi to do some hardware hacking. The first iteration was on a bread board with some wiring to connect to the Pi…
Imagine a world in which reproducible, repurposable, open scientific research is the norm. Certainly there are potential stumbling blocks ahead: confidentiality of sensitive…