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Try your hand at these open hardware projects for beginners

Your friends are going on about Arduino, you know that Raspberry Pi isn't actually a baked good filled with fruit, and you've been following along with Open Hardware Week. But…

Ellie the robot is ready to compete

Meet Ellie, a six week old robot weighing 100 lbs who can launch a two foot diameter exercise ball over 10 feet in the air! Ellie even has eyes: a webcam fitted to the front…

Has open hardware finally made its big splash?

Chris Clark is the IT director at SparkFun Electronics in Boulder, Colorado. He talked with Opensource.com community manager Jason Hibbets, late last year during the All…

The easiest way to turn your app idea into an appliance

Jason Kridner is the co-founder of BeagleBoard.org, where he has helped create open source development tools such as BeagleBone Black, BeagleBone, BeagleBoard, and BeagleBoard…

Open Hardware Week kicks off March 17

Complete list of Open Hardware Week articles Check out the complete list of Open Hardware Week articles, read the ones you're most interested in, then let us know on Twitter…

Like Arduino? Miniaturize your project with TinyCircuits

When you walk into the cavernous, old tire plant of Canal Place in Akron, Ohio, the last thing that you'd expect to find in this big building is such a "tiny" treasure…

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