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It's officially hot outside. So if you're looking for an excuse to take a break, check out this week's batch of cool links: Artist to Cover Bay Bridge in Programmable LEDs The idea is to cover the San Francisco area Bay-Bridge with a bristling of white LED pixels. The conceptual video looks great, but having […]

Hi all. I went through the effort to invite y'all into our new digs, but didn't stand here at the door to welcome you in! So sorry... Please excuse the sawdust. I'm still pushing the people that push the brooms around here. No matter - everything will be tidied up in no time. The website […]

Seeed Grove - RTC $6.90 The RTC module is a member of Twig. It is based on the clock chip DS1307 which supports the I2C protocol. It uses a Lithium cell battery (CR1225). The clock/calendar provides seconds, minutes, hours, day, date, month and year information. Nidec SMD Vibra motor 1.3V DC, 105mA, 9500rpm $3.00 Surface-mount […]

Actually, it's been done, but not this nicely. Those guys at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have a nice report on their "microglider" project. They do some fine work! Bah. That picture is too small! Let's look at a BIG one! Ooo! And they have more big pictures here! This one is nice - […]