Smartphones are ubiquitous, and the computing power and sensors available in a smartphone continue to increase. It is now practical to use that phone as the interface to other devices. For example, ...

回路に組み込んだ電子パーツをプログラミングすることで簡単に制御できるマイコン「Arduino(アルドゥイーノ)」を使えば、携帯電話やドローンや果ては人工衛星まで自作することが可能です。そんな電子工作にぴったりなArduinoをAndroid端末に接続して、Android ...

Android OS搭載のコンピュータが安くなってきました。たとえば、先日我々が導入したレノボの7型タブレット「IdeaPad Tablet A1」は18,000円前後で入手可能です。海外では100ドルを切るスマートフォンが急速に普及しつつあるという話も聞こえてきます。 そうした ...

[Joe] was experimenting with his Arduino when he started thinking about how he could get it to communicate wirelessly with his Android phone. Bluetooth is an option, but it requires some extra ...

The use of Android-based mobile Internet devices (MIDs), tablets, and other products has been growing tremendously since 2008, with Android devices occupying 70% of the mobile market today. Similarly, ...

For most beginning hardware hackers, Arduino is hard and Linux/Android is easy. The folks at UDOO, a Kickstarter project that ends tonight, aim to solve that by mixing the best of both worlds. The ...

To some of us, hacking an RC Car to simply follow a black line or avoid obstacles is too easy, and we’re sure [Shazin] would agree with that, since he created an RC Car that follows your face! The ...

If you enjoy using the Arduino platform and would like to create your very own self balancing robot, you might be interested in a new device called the Hippo-ADK which is Arduino based and can be used ...