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And the last winner of our Instagram giveaway is…

Congratulations to Geoff Seawright for the following photo showing a cute dog getting angry with four-legged Arduino spider. He’s the last winner of our MKR1000 giveaway, which kicked off back on Arduino Day! Thanks to all the participants sharing their pics and mentioning our new official Arduino Instagram account! Dog getting angry with 4-legged arduino spider…possibly it will replace him #arduinoD16 @Arduino.cc […]

Boards:MKR1000

Categories:Announcements Arduino Arduino Day Featured Genuino Instagram

Cloud lamp/speaker combo brings thunder into your living room

“The Cloud” is an interactive lamp and speaker designed to mimic a thunderstorm in terms of appearance and entertainment. Created by Richard Clarkson, it not only provides users with an Arduino-powered, motion-triggered lightning and thunder performance, but serves as a music-activated visualizing speaker as well. The Cloud employs embedded motion sensors to create unique lightning and thunder shows while […]

Categories:Arduino Featured

Wear a connected hoodie that displays tweets and text

Let’s face it, developers and programmers love their hoodies. That’s why last fall, a few members of the FirstBuild team built a connected sweatshirt capable of displaying text and tweets with a specific hashtag. The hoodie is equipped with a Blend Micro board and a 16 x 32 LED matrix panel with a plastic overlay that’s sewn into a cutout on the front of the […]

Boards:Arduino AtHeart

Categories:Featured Wearable Computing

Massimo and Dale at the opening of European Maker Week

Arduino co-founder Massimo Banzi and Maker Media’s Dale Dougherty will be in Brussels next week to help kick off European Maker Week at the Opening Conference. During their keynote, they will address European citizens in hopes of inspiring Makers to build projects throughout the weeklong celebration taking place all over the continent. Those wishing to learn more can do so by checking out the agenda and […]

Categories:Events Featured MakerFaire

Detecting motion with an Arduino and two wires

Connor Nishijima has come with a unique way to detect motion using an Arduino Uno. The active media developer is polling an ADC pin with a pair of wires twisted tightly together — one plugged into A3, another plugged into ground — and generating readings whenever a large living object (like his two cats) is nearby.

Boards:Uno

Categories:Arduino Featured

Building a flamethrowing guitar with Genuino 101

To help promote the TBS show America’s Greatest Makers, YouTuber/plumber/stuntman/inventor Colin Furze recently took on the challenge of building a Mad Max-like flamethrowing electric guitar with a Genuino 101. Because after all, there’s nothing more metal than fire bursting as a rockstar shreds on-stage. To bring this project life, Fruze added a pair of modified blowtorches to the neck of the guitar and sawed off part of the […]

Categories:Featured Genuino Genuino 101 Music

Meet Cytron: a new Genuino reseller in Malaysia

There’s a new Genuino reseller in town! Everyone say hello to Cytron, who is excited to have a number of Genuino products available for its Malaysian customers. We recently had the chance to sit down with Youn Koon Hong (pictured above holding a Genuino Uno) to learn more about his company:

Categories:Announcements Featured Resellers

Arduino Create is a one stop shop for Makers

More than 10 years ago, we set out to simplify electronics with easy-to-use, open-source hardware. 10 years later, we’re looking to do the same for Internet of Things development with Arduino Create — an integrated online platform that enables Makers to write code, access content, configure boards, and share projects. Traditionally speaking, going from an idea to a fully-functional […]

Boards:Create

Categories:Announcements Arduino Featured

Bringing technology into the hands of teachers and students

Arduino and Genuino Education is a worldwide-leading school initiative bringing technology into the hands of teachers and students to create a more inventive learning experience. It offers multiple platforms, including research-based projects like PELARS and in-class programs such as Creative Technologies in the Classroom (CTC), all of which are present at this year’s Maker Faire Bay […]

Boards:Arduino 101

Categories:Arduino Arduino CTC Education Events Featured MakerFaire

This week’s MKR1000 Instagram giveaway winner is…

We’re excited to announce the winner of this week’s Instagram giveaway, who will be receiving an Arduino MKR1000 and an Arduino t-shirt for sharing this #ArduinoD16 picture. With Maker Faire Bay Area quickly approaching, it is only fitting to have a winner from San Francisco — congratulations to Amped Atelier! We spent #arduinod16 #genuinod16 as part of a technology fashion […]