Every kid would like to imagine they can whip themselves up a cool piece of James Bond-style tech in a pinch. While palm-sized lasers and X-ray glasses are probably out of reach for now, you might be ...

While the vast majority of us are content to plod along with the squishy chiclet keyboards on our laptops, or the cheapest USB membrane keyboard we could find on Amazon, there’s a special breed out ...

The newly released Arduino Leonardo has a few very interesting features, most notably the ability to act as a USB keyboard and mouse thanks to the new ATmega 32U4 microcontroller. This feature isn’t ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The $87 Plug and Make Kit includes an Arduino microcomputer, electronic components, and tutorials for building ...

Two new development kits that require Arduino programming skills could make it easier for the do-it-yourself set to build electronics and wearable devices. The LittleBits Arduino at Heart starter kit ...

Arduino’s Plug and Make Kit lets beginners, hobbyists, and do-it-yourselfers build an IoT smart device and interact with it. At its core is the UNO R4 WiFi main board, which employs a Renesas RA4M1 ...

Open source programming platform Arduino has spawned thousands of enthusiastic DIY-gadget heads. The Arduino board, with its "Made in Italy" tag, features a microcontroller that can be programmed for ...

I’m not a fan of educational toys. They’re usually either too educational or too toy-like and, in the end, kids get little education and little fun. The Code Kit from LittleBits has changed my mind.