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height="80" width="120" align="left">Tomorrow it
will be exactly a year since we <a
href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/?p=2940">wrote</a>
about 3D printers, now one of the staples of Maker
Spaces in libraries. But for the growing number of
"hardware hackers" who like to invent and build
their own devices, another tool is equally
important - the <a href="http://arduino.cc/">Arduino</a>
board. It looks like a small circuit board, and
can receive input from sensors and then control
things around it based on that input. So for
example, an Arduino board could turn on the room
lights when it gets dark. (OK, not very inventive,
but you get the idea.) While the Arduino is very
familiar to hardware hobbyists, it is still pretty
rare in library Maker Spaces compared to 3D
printers. But that may change.
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://westport.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/library-staff-supporters-celebrate-maker-space-birthday">Library
staff, supporters celebrate Maker Space
birthday</a> (Westport Patch/Caitlin Mazzola)
"As supporters, volunteers, and staff cut the
cake to celebrate the Maker Space birthday, they
looked ahead to the future. First up is the
introduction of Arduino boards - tiny micro
controllers - to the Maker Space."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-growth/going-global/hardware-accelerators-in-china-turn-engineers-into-entrepreneurs/article13545928/">China's
hardware accelerators turn engineers into
entrepreneurs</a> (Globe and Mail/Tim
Bradshaw, the Financial Times) "Low-cost
prototyping equipment, such as 3D printers and
Arduino microcontrollers that allow you to
manipulate a range of hardware, have made it
easier to test ideas. Fostered by such
innovations, the 'maker movement' - a subculture
of hobbyists applying the DIY approach to
technologies - has been likened by many to the <a
href="http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computers/17/312">Homebrew
Computer Club</a>, which spawned Apple in the
1970s."</li>
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57596007-235/five-trends-driving-the-hardware-boom/">Five
trends driving the hardware boom</a>
(CNET/Boris Wertz) "Numerous innovations are
making it easier than ever to develop hardware.
The benefits of 3D printing (quicker and cheaper
prototyping) are well publicized, but there are
other innovations too. For example, there's the
<a href="http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Robot">Arduino
Robot Kit</a> to experiment with projects that
move; <a
href="http://www.hackthings.com/udoo-might-eat-raspberry-pi-for-lunch/">UDOO</a>,
which combines Android, Linux, and Arduino in a
tiny single-board computer to interface with
sensors and actuators; and <a
href="http://www.sparkdevices.com/">Spark Core</a>,
which is the easiest and most open way of
creating cloud-connected hardware experiments."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/08/raspberry-pi-and-arduino-to-get-cellular-access-with-sim-card-add-on/">Raspberry
Pi and Arduino to get cellular access with SIM
card add-on</a> (Ars Technica/Jon Brodkin)
"Lots of projects involving the Raspberry Pi and
Arduino rely on Wi-Fi, so there would be plenty
of ways to put the cellular connectivity to use.
SparqEE's project suggestions include an
'Arduino-enabled vehicle tracker to know exactly
where your car is right from your smartphone,'
and a 'small, solar-powered, RC helicopter that
could fly across the US from the comfort of your
desk.'"</li>
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fact:</em></strong></small><br>
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;">Perhaps
the most novel Arduino hardware hack (to date,
anyway) uses Arduinos to control those talking
Teddy Ruxpin bears from the 1980s and turn them
into <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/bearduino-hacking-teddy-ruxpin-with-arduino/">BearDuinos</a>.
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