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Arduino Comes to iOS: Program the LightBlue Bean from Your iPhone/iPad(punchthrough.com)
21 points by cfinger 12y ago|4 comments
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Building an Open Source Lockitron with Arduino, BLE, and the Bean(makezine.com)
35 points by cfinger 12y ago|3 comments
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by cfinger 14y ago
Very useful tool, solid team.
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by cfinger 14y ago
Does Simon Cowell know anything about entrepreneurship? Can't wait to see him berate tons of super hard working people on things he knows nothing about.
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by cfinger 14y ago
We used the same (well, similar) approach in our kickstarter campaign. It's actually one of the big pieces of advice I give people. Cool stuff.
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by cfinger 14y ago
I've heard a lot of good things about Olin and have always been impressed by it's grads. Seems like they are doing it right. I get the impression it's still a smaller school, is that true?
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by cfinger 14y ago
Definitely. This is kind of the test of my hypothesis, that doing these projects in the real world create a motivation that influences your school work, life, career, etc. I've long thought that there should be a 'maker scholarship', givin
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The First Lecture(blog.punchthrough.com)
12 points by cfinger 14y ago|12 comments
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by cfinger 14y ago
I think he has it backwards. Hardware is getting cheaper, making it easier to sell products that used to be too expensive. The cheap labor in China is fairly accessible to everyone. This is an opportunity, not a death blow. $0.99 Apps did
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by cfinger 14y ago
Great concept. Watching other people code is a great way to learn AND teach. Really would like to see this for Obj C / other languages. Python would be an easy one to do.
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by cfinger 14y ago
"Better than ping-pong" Careful now, that's a pretty strong statement.
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by cfinger 14y ago
The move to wireless is one part Apple's sake, and one part for users (no parts left over for developers, unfortunately). People tend to favor wireless accessories and associate a higher value with them. In some cases it just makes more s
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Say goodbye to your 30 pins(blog.punchthroughdesign.com)
2 points by cfinger 14y ago|2 comments
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by cfinger 14y ago
Absolutely love this. When you're really interested, find a teacher that will teach at your own rate. Too often the answer is "Don't worry about that, you'll learn it next semester". A phrase that you should never hear from a teacher!
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by cfinger 15y ago
Haha, Awesome. This is great, we need one in SF now.
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The Dropout's Guide to Antenna Design(colinkarpfinger.com)
4 points by cfinger 16y ago|1 comments
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by cfinger 16y ago
Back in the day I built a couple using sharpie and the radio shack etching solution. I did two using the laser printer transfer method as well. After doing a double sided board, it drove me nuts- you have to solder small wires for your vi
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Tutorial: Ordering EAGLE Designed Circuit Boards(colinkarpfinger.com)
22 points by cfinger 16y ago|8 comments