This week’s column is a fun one. Previously I rounded up comic book characters who are also makers. Hundreds of additional suggestions flooded the comments — you can see them...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Thursday June 2nd, 2011 3:00 PM
Categories: Uncategorized | 95 Comments
This week is the yearly Google I/O at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. It’s a meet and greet for lots of people and companies, a big dot-com over-the-top party,...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Thursday May 12th, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Arduino, Open Source Hardware | 97 Comments
Public Libraries, 3D Printing, FabLabs and Hackerspaces, Thomas writes in… We do not share the malaise of many librarians who worry that the Internet and e-books are going to make...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Wednesday May 11th, 2011 3:00 PM
Categories: Education, Hackerspaces | 15 Comments
Another week, another company killing off a giant product after spending millions of dollars and years developing. Back in 2009 Cisco bought Pure Digital Technology’s Flip. Gadget fans and makers...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Thursday April 28th, 2011 3:00 PM
Categories: Open Source Hardware | 167 Comments
BREAKING NEWS: Sony’s War on Hackers, Tinkerers and Innovators “Settlement in George Hotz Case” Sony Computer Entertainment America (“SCEA”) and George Hotz (“Hotz”) today announced the settlement of the lawsuit...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Monday April 11th, 2011 9:39 AM
Categories: General | 33 Comments
It’s that time again, where I stick out my neck and offer up some opinion in these here parts. Previously we contemplated why the Arduino “won” and why it’s here...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Thursday April 7th, 2011 12:00 PM
Categories: Art & Design | 293 Comments
To me, public libraries — the availability of free education for all — represent the collective commitment of a community to their future. They symbolize what is most important, a...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Thursday March 10th, 2011 12:00 PM
Categories: Education, Science | 255 Comments
Two weeks ago I proclaimed a winner in the microcontroller dev board arena with “Why the Arduino Won, and Why It’s Here to Stay.” There’s still lots of great debate...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Thursday February 24th, 2011 12:30 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft, Electronics, General, Open Source Hardware | 175 Comments
[Arduino illo by James Provost] Each month, I’ll be posting a couple of new editorial-style columns here on Make: Online. These pieces are meant to get you thinking, to stir...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Thursday February 10th, 2011 3:00 PM
Categories: Arduino, Electronics | 210 Comments
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