BeagleBone Black project spotlight: GrannyCam

By Tara Stratton The holidays are around the corner, and with them come the fun and excitement of big family gatherings. However, a lot of families are spread across the country and not able to get together for the holidays. That’s why Charles Hamilton developed GrannyCam, a safe, durable videophone that his kids can use […]

BeagleBone Black project spotlight: BBot robot

By Tara Stratton What’s your perfect vacation? Mine involves sitting out by the pool under the sun as people deliver me ice-cold drinks. Andy Gikling seems to have a similar dream, and he figured out a way to live the good life every weekend—by developing the BBot robot! The BBot is an open source, remote-controlled […]

BeagleBone Black project spotlight: The Octoscroller

By Tara Stratton New York is one of the brightest places on Earth. Times Square is definitely a large factor, but now a new BeagleBone Black-based project—, the Octoscroller, —is adding to the glow. The Octoscroller, which you may have seen at Maker Faire New York a few weeks ago, is a project created by […]

BeagleBone Black project spotlight: Disorient Pyramid

By Tara Stratton When you think of Pyramids in the middle of the desert, you think of Egypt, —not Nevada. The Disorient Pyramid, which was on display at Burning Man 2013 this year in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, is changing all that. This year at Burning Man, the Disorient Camp hosted a 23-foot […]

BeagleBone Black project spotlight: The Deck

By Tara Stratton Phil Polstra had a problem. He had a vision for a portable penetration testing (pentesting) and forensics device, but he didn’t have the technology he would need to do it. One fateful day at Maker Faire Detroit, Polstra found himself right next to Jason Kridner, who was showing off the (then) new […]

Arduino TRE demonstrated at Maker Faire Rome

#ArduinoTre enables Web-based programming of all your sensors http://bit.ly/18FvhfC Having fun showing off #ArduinoTRE at #MakerFaireRome at @arduino booth http://t.co/nOdmCxmVJC pic.twitter.com/cZTsWa5Iyd — Jason Kridner (@Jadon) October 5, 2013

BeagleBoard.org collaborates in creation of new Arduino TRE

Two open hardware pioneers have combined forces to bring the famously easy-to-use experience of Arduino to a high-performance ARM®-based Linux computer and prototyping platform derived from the open hardware designs of BeagleBoard.org and Arduino Leonardo. As an open hardware project, BeagleBoard.org’s collaboration with Arduino helps to advance accessible technology for artists, designers, hobbyists and anyone […]

BeagleBone Black project spotlight: Facebook “Like” Counter

By Tara Stratton Here’s something we are sure you will ‘Like.’ While at Maker Faire Bay Area this year, we gave away a few BeagleBone Black open-source computers to some lucky faire attendees. We heard back from one of the winners, Christopher Berg, about a creative but functional project he’s created on the board over […]

Quick list of BeagleBone projects I saw at World Maker Faire in New York

There wasn’t enough time to really discover all of the BeagleBone Black projects at World Maker Faire in New York. I did post some quick pictures on Google+, but I barely had time to breathe at the Faire! OpenROV – Open hardware underwater robot Hoboken MakerBar Orbital Rendersphere – Spinning persistence of vision globe GrannyCam – […]

BeagleBone Black wins 2013 Top Embedded Innovator award

Embedded Computing Design magazine recently announced its 2013 Top Embedded Innovator awards. BeagleBone Black was announced as a winner in the Top Products Silicon category. Hardly surprising, given the waves BeagleBoard.org has been making in the embedded industry for the last five years. The August 2013 issue, in addition to announcing the award winners, includes […]