DIY culture: Do you want your kids to create or consume?
It has become a common refrain on the web: The rise of the DIY culture, the hacker movement and an overall sense that knowing how to code and hack is an important skill Events like Maker Faire are...
View ArticleToo many remotes? The internet of things can solve it
Look around. Can you see the internet of things? The beginning stages of the network of connected devices and services that can help us track our fitness goals, manage our home automation and improve...
View ArticleThe perils of Kickstarter: Fulfillment can be a pain
Kickstarter, and services like it, have changed how entrepreneurs fund and market their products, but as many young inventors have found, manufacturing and distribution are still a business governed by...
View ArticleHow big can the DIY and maker movement get? SparkFun wants to know
The popularity of the maker movement, of Arduino boards, Raspberry Pi hacks and a variety of other DIY electronics projects are stunning. Businesses such as Tindie, AdaFruit and SparkFun have been...
View ArticleThe millennial marriage of tech & DIY
There are 29 billion reasons you should care about the DIY industry. No, that’s not Etsy’s page views over the course of a year (close, that would be 18 billion). It’s the estimated market size of the...
View ArticleDIY shop SparkFun now offers a cloud for your connected device data
SparkFun, a company that supplies products to people building electronic devices for fun, has launched an online place for makers to store their data as connectivity becomes an essential element in...
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