LulzBot, the awesomely named 3D printer manufacturer and parts supplier, is giving away eight of their AO-100 printers to eight lucky hackerspaces. It's not so much a contest, but instead a giveaway aimed at eight community-operated hackerspaces who come up with a great idea on how to use a 3D printer. If you're part of a well-established hackerspace that doesn't have a 3D printer yet, this is … [Read more...]
Basic Micro ATOM Nano Giveaway
September 30, 2011 By 42 Comments
UPDATE: As several readers have already noted, these things sold out very quickly - in less than 15 minutes! Big thanks to Basic Micro! If you have been considering the purchase of a Basic ATOM Nano product, but you weren’t quite ready to lay down the cash for a dev board and Nano microcontroller, boy to we have a deal for you. The kind folks at Basic Micro informed us that they have 55 … [Read more...]
Five Free Evalbots
November 18, 2010 By 12 Comments
If you're a member of a hackerspace and you've been hoping and wishing for an evalbot to tear apart with your bare hands, you're in luck! [Dave Bullock] is giving out five evalbots to five lucky hackers chosen at random. We thought that the $125.00 deal we saw the other day was good but this is right outta town! The draw is on Black Friday, so you've got a few days to submit your details. We've … [Read more...]
Review: The Manga Guide to Electricity
August 5, 2009 By 376 Comments
"The Manga Guide to Electricity", part of "The Manga Guide" series by No Starch Press, is a novel approach to the old problem of getting over the initial mental block when trying to learn electronics. We decided to compare this book to another introductory text: "Getting Started in Electronics" by [Forrest M. Mims]. [Mims]' book is a handwritten masterpiece of electronic literature. The … [Read more...]
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