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Arduino Development Kit for iPhone
MakerSHED has released an Arduino Development Kit for the iPhone. Read more about it here. This is cool. It comes with a Dock Connector to Serial Port Cable! It is out of stock now, but you can get notified when it is back in stock or get just the cable here.
08/07/11 It looks like this is back in stock at MakerSHED.
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Laundry Notification by Arduino
This had to happen sooner or later. Fixing and improving the timer on a laundry washing machine using an Arduino. Read more about it here. Here’s a link to how he did it. It’s probably less expensive than a repair call.
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Weekly Staff Picks, September 18th
Here are our Staff Picks for the Week of September 18th, we hope you enjoy them. We run from artistic to career advancing this week. Arduino Arts is an good Arduino beginner’s site I found while researching other Arduino projects. There are links to tutorials and more. It’s a relatively new site and has been expanding quickly. -Gregg
Writing on the wall with der Kritzler (Kritzler is German for Scribbler) is about a cool machine that draws on windows. -Alex
Bronze Tangle Process - An artist describes his process for casting “tangles” out of bronze. The process involves 3D printing an investment casting which is then burned away to make the cavity for the bronze. -Alex
FREE Course: How to Succeed as a Creative Professional. It’s a 25-week program designed to equip you with the creative and professional skills you need to succeed in your chosen career path – whether you’re an employee, freelancer or creative entrepreneur. -Yulia
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E-Textiles Workshop
We live in a world where you can order groceries to your doorstep, know what your friend in Taiwan is up to… and wear your electronics!
Want to learn about the world of e-textiles and start your own high-tech wardrobe?
Inspired by Leah Buechley, inventor of the Lilypad Arduino and director of MIT’s High-Low Tech research group, we are hosting a 2-day workshop that will teach you everything you need to know in order to make your own wearable electronics!- Day One, 12/10, 1:00PM - 5:00PM: We will learn about e-textiles materials and methods including: soft circuits, power, voltage, resistance, hand-sewing vs. machine sewing, conductive fabric, conductive thread, sewing LEDs, switches, sensors, plus examples of what you can do with these tools!
- Day Two, 12/11, 1:00PM - 5:00PM: We will start with an intro to programming with Lilypad Arduino, and then we will work on individual projects.
Find out more information and register here: E-Textiles 101. - Day One, 12/10, 1:00PM - 5:00PM: We will learn about e-textiles materials and methods including: soft circuits, power, voltage, resistance, hand-sewing vs. machine sewing, conductive fabric, conductive thread, sewing LEDs, switches, sensors, plus examples of what you can do with these tools!
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Weekly Staff Picks, January 15, 2012
Check out how Arduino is made! Photos and videos from a tour of the Arduino factory in Torino, Italy. - Christine
IEEE’s The story of Arduino It compliments the link above. - Gregg
3D Japanese Artwork Amazing Japanese artist who paints goldfish in resin the same way a 3D printer builds a part up layer by layer. - Alex
Scott Young’s Computer Science Blog “Over the next 12 months, I’m going to learn the entire 4-year MIT curriculum for computer science, without taking any classes. I’ve always wanted to speak that language. But, I didn’t want to invest four years of my life and hundreds of thousands of dollars to learn it. I want to show that learning doesn’t require acceptance boards and SAT tests, thousands of dollars in debt, or even the 4-year pace most students assume is necessary to learn a subject.
Will I fail? It’s definitely a possibility. I’m attempting to learn the same material at 4 times the speed without the benefit of instructors. I’ll also post any failures, so you can be sure I’m not omitting my mistakes.” - Alex
Diagnostic Contact Lens This one is pretty cool; a contact lens that monitors blood sugar levels. - Gregg
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Weekly Staff Links, January 29th
We have some cool links for you this week. Art and Science coming together to improve the artistic experience. Technology that points the way to the future. Technology that connects computers to the physical world. Science that help artists make their art. Please enjoy!
Soft Circuit Roundup Neat collection of soft circuit projects. - Christine
iOS Communicating with Arduino The iOS-Arduino connectivity kit and a video of what can be done with it, such as reading sensors with the Arduino and communicating the readings to iOS devices. - Gregg
ARS Electronica | Prix ARS Electronica The ARS Electronica international digital culture competition which “discovered” Pixar, Wikipedia, and Wikileaks, is accepting submissions through March 2nd. Categories include music, animation, interactive art and big ideas; check out last year’s winners. - Evan
Samsung’s Transparent Smart Window at CES 2012 Samsung Smart Widow Display. - Adam
Color Dial Spray by Kim Young-suk, Kim Woo-sik, Oh Jin-ho and Lee Young » Yanko Design You read it correctly; CMYK you-dial-it spray cans in which you select the color that the can sprays! - Brandon
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E-Textile Class 2/18-19 by Christine & Ross
Thank you everyone for attending the E-Textile class! We covered a LOT of material. I personally found this class so exciting! I loved the idea of technology and fashion coming together in one form.
Here I would like to share a couple of things covered in the class…
To start, we covered basic electronics to make sure everyone was on the same page, and then we jumped into creating “SOFT” circuits. We “sewed” the circuit using conductive thread and conductive fabric—they are made with a base material such as cotton or polyester, and various conductive metals (copper, silver etc…). During the class, we all got a chance to create a simple LED lighting circuit with a switch built in, all made out of “soft” materials.
It worked!! Yay!!
The second part of this class was to learn Arduino. Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. It is becoming very popular among tech enthusiasts and the DIY/maker community.
In this class, we used the Lilypad which is a microcontroller board designed for wearables and e-textiles. It can be sewn to fabric and similarly connected to power supplies, sensors and actuators with conductive thread.
We got to program the Lilypad to turn on the LEDs. Everyone brought in their own projects they are currently working on. That was fantastic.
Great work, folks!! We would love to hear about the projects you are working on using the techniques and knowledge you learned from the class. Please send us some updates. If you have any questions regarding what you learned in the class or related to any projects you are currently working on, we would love to help. Please feel free to contact us.
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