2017 could be a very good year for repair. More US states than ever are proposing Right to Repair legislation this year. So far, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Nebraska, Kansas, and Wyoming have all introduced versions of the pro-repair bill in their legislatures—and more states could follow suit. If passed, the laws would make it […]
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Arduino v 1.6 is available!
From Arduino.cc “After almost two years “in the making” we’re thrilled to announce the availability of the Arduino IDE 1.6.0. The latest version of the development environment used by millions of people across the globe brings about a lot of improvements. Since the day we started developing the first 1.5 version we have received a lot of […]
RadioShack Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Will Sell Up to 2,400 Stores List of proposed stores to close here. Thanks N8! Story by the Associated Press; curated by Oliver Darcy. — NEW YORK (AP) — Struggling electronics retailer RadioShack has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it will sell up to 2,400 stores. The Fort Worth, Texas company […]
New Electric Imp! from Sparkfun
Description: We know what you’re thinking, “What’s the big deal? Looks like an SD card…” Well this is no SD card! The Electric Imp is a WiFi enabled development platform powered by a Cortex-M3 processor core. “Really?” Yup. In essence, the Imp provides an easy, integrated way to connect almost any hardware device both to other […]