Kategorie: Technology
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Prototype faster and smarter in 2025: Meet the Arduino Pro Portenta Proto Kit
Reading Time: 3 minutesLaunching today at CES 2025, the Arduino Pro Portenta Proto Kit is here to revolutionize how professionals approach prototyping. Designed to empower engineers, designers, and innovators from all walks of life, this kit provides everything you need to turn your ideas into functional prototypes quickly, efficiently, and without conventional limitations. Available in…
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This telescope can intelligently point itself anywhere in the sky
Reading Time: 2 minutesKnown by their characteristic mounting solution, Dobsonian telescopes are the standard in amateur astronomy due to their lower cost and ease-of-use. But after seeing how some of the larger, motorized telescopes at observatories can simply pivot to a target of interest, one member from the FabLab at Orange Digital Center Morocco wanted to…
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Control your volume with a wireless rotary encoder, as you deserve
Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery decent stereo sold since the invention of sound has included a knob on the front for adjusting volume. There are influencers and entire communities dedicated to evaluating the feel of those wonderful knobs. So why would you settle for the mushy volume buttons on a remote? Eric Tischer didn’t think he…
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Valorant: Meet Your New Agent, Tejo
Reading Time: 6 minutesSummary Say hello to our newest Agent, Tejo, who’s joining our roster from Colombia. As part of the Initiator class, Tejo specializes in flushing out enemies with a unique kit consisting of information gathering, explosions, and a concuss. Those who have strategic game sense and understand how the enemy plays will be…
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Ready to remix? Favourite projects to tinker with
Reading Time: 4 minutesFrom crafting interactive stories to designing captivating games, the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s coding projects offer a hands-on approach to learning, igniting creativity and developing the skills young people need, like perseverance and problem-solving. In this blog, I explore two of my favourite projects that young coders will love. Our projects are free…
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This autonomous go-kart only needs a camera to navigate a workshop circuit
Reading Time: 2 minutesAutonomous vehicles, and self-driving cars in particular, are probably one of the most enticing technologies of the 21st century. But despite a great deal of R&D and even more speculation, we have yet to see a self-driving car that can actually operate on real public roads without any human oversight at all.…
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60 of our biggest AI announcements in 202460 of our biggest AI announcements in 2024
Reading Time: 6 minutesRecap some of Google’s biggest AI news from 2024, including moments from Gemini, NotebookLM, Search and more.Recap some of Google’s biggest AI news from 2024, including moments from Gemini, NotebookLM, Search and more.Website: LINK
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See how this homemade spectrometer analyzes substances with an Arduino Mega
Reading Time: 2 minutesMaterials, when exposed to light, will reflect or absorb certain portions of the electromagnetic spectrum that can give valuable information about their chemical or physical compositions. Traditional setups use a single lamp to emit white light before it is split apart into a spectrum of colors via a system of prisms, mirrors,…
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Computing Curriculum Framework: Adapting to India’s diverse landscapes
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe digital revolution has reshaped every facet of our lives, underscoring the need for robust computing education. At the Raspberry Pi Foundation our mission is to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. Since starting out in 2008 as a UK-based educational charity,…
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The latest AI news we announced in DecemberThe latest AI news we announced in December
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere are Google’s latest AI updates from December including Gemini 2.0, GenCast, and Willow.Here are Google’s latest AI updates from December including Gemini 2.0, GenCast, and Willow.Website: LINK
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Does your sample contain DNA or RNA? DIYNAFLUOR can tell you on a budget
Reading Time: 2 minutesLab equipment is — traditionally at least — tremendously expensive. While there are understandable reasons for those costs, they are prohibitive to anyone operating outside of a university or corporate lab. But as the “citizen science” movement has grown, we’ve seen more and more open-source and affordable designs for lab equipment hitting…
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Deploy your smart meeting room management system with Arduino GIGA
Reading Time: 3 minutesManaging shared spaces, especially meeting rooms, can be a headache in busy offices. At Arduino, we’ve experienced it firsthand in our flexible and dynamic offices around the world – where colleagues could often be seen wandering around with their laptops, trying to find a quiet place for videocalls or brainstorming sessions. We started…
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Raspberry Pi 500 and Monitor in The MagPi 149
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe latest edition of The MagPi covers all the new products in depth, with detailed specifications, documentation, and interviews with the CM5 engineer. We’ve also got information on the new Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W, Raspberry Pi Hub, and Raspberry Pi Connect service. There’s a lot of new products this month and…
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Exploring Alvik: 3 fun and creative projects with Arduino’s educational robot platform
Reading Time: 3 minutesAlvik is cute, it’s smart, it’s fun… so what can it actually do? To answer this question, we decided to have fun and put the robot to the test with some of the most creative people we know – our own team! A dozen Arduino employees volunteered for a dedicated Make Tank…
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UNO Rev3 or UNO R4? Choosing the perfect Arduino for your project
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Arduino UNO is legendary among makers, and with the release of the UNO R4 in 2023, the family gained a powerful new member. But with two incredible options, which UNO should you pick for your project? Here’s a breakdown of what makes each board shine, depending on your needs, skills, and…
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Win! One of five Raspberry Pi Monitors
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’ve been looking forward to the new Raspberry Pi Monitor for ages now – the inexpensive and lightweight display is perfect for so many uses, whether you’re in a classroom, at your desk, or on the go. We have five to giveaway, and you can enter the competition below…
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Arduino Education at Bett 2025: Shaping the future of K-12 and HE
Reading Time: 3 minutesMark your calendars… Arduino Education is coming to Bett UK 2025! Taking place for three days from January 22nd-24th at the ExCeL exhibition center in London, Bett is the ultimate global event for educational innovation. We are attending the stand with our partner CreativeHut again this year. Join us at our booth…
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Five reasons to join the Astro Pi Challenge, backed by our impact report
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe are excited to share our report on the impact of the 2023/24 Astro Pi Challenge. Earlier this year we conducted surveys and focus groups with mentors who took part in the Astro Pi Challenge, to understand the value and impact the challenge offers to young people and mentors. You can read…
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Turn your old Android smartphone into an Arduino screen with the RemoteXY app
Reading Time: 2 minutesEach component you add to your Arduino project increases its complexity and the opportunity for mistakes. But most projects require some “auxiliary” hardware — components that you use to interact with the Arduino or to help it do the job you’re asking of it. Buttons and displays are great examples. But as…
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This nature-inspired display reacts to ambient sounds
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe all need ways to calm down and relax, and few things are as effective as nature itself. Taking inspiration from organic patterns and smooth, flowing waves, dzeng on Instructables has built an LED wall light that responds in real-time to the sounds within a room. The project started out as a 2D vector graphic that…
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Speed up your project’s compile time by up to 50% in Arduino Cloud!
Reading Time: 3 minutesAt Arduino, we know how precious your time is when you’re building your next big project or experimenting with new ideas. That’s why we’re thrilled to introduce a game-changing update to the Cloud Editor Builder — the engine behind compiling your sketches in Arduino Cloud. This update is all about you: making…
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Wax: digital music manager
Reading Time: 4 minutesWax differs from most existing music managers in three ways. Instead of individual tracks, music is catalogued as ‘works’ – such as an album, a symphony, an opera, etc. Secondly, works are categorised by genre, but it also allows you to tag works in a way that is relevant to the genre…
