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Read Quick Arduino Hack Lets Tach-less Car Display Shift Points via hack a day An interesting link found among my daily reading

Read How to Make Air Quality Testing Affordable in Bulgaria #CitizenScience #Arduino @Greenpeace #Air #DIY via Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! An interesting link found among my daily reading

Read Make Your Own Power Meter/Logger via Instructables An interesting link found among my daily reading

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From Douglas... I was first introduced to these addressable Led light strips when I began to work with the Arduino micro controllers, but I soon found that you could also get complete standalone kits with power supply and a remote control that you could easily install and control in your home. I have been looking a wide variety of these kits for some installations here in my own house and I thought you — or your friends and family — might be interested, too. You can make color washes in over 256 colors or animated effects spanning the entire strand.   300 LED Color Changing Kit     Find an amazing variety of LED Color Changing Light Kits on Amazon.com  * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs Previously in the Douglas E. Welch 2016 Gift Guide... #25 Warhammer Age of Sigmar Starter Box #24 Jawbone Jambox Wireless Bluetooth Speaker #23 Zoom H6 Audio Recorder #22 Amazon Echo #21 Audio-Technica ATR2100-USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone 

Read The Library Manager is now available on the Web Editor! via Arduino Blog An interesting link found among my daily reading

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From Douglas... We recently had a great demo of Makey Makey at the Hackerspace LA and it was a great hit. Who knew you could interface nearly anything — including bananas - to your PC and make your own crazy contraptions? (LAUGH) From Makey Makey... What is Makey Makey? Turn the whole world into a keyboard. It's a simple Invention Kit for Beginners or Experts doing art, engineering, and everything in between. How Does it Work? Alligator Clip two objects to the Makey Makey. For example, you and a banana (or an ice cube, or a kitty cat). When you touch the banana, the computer just thinks a keyboard key is being pressed, so you can type a letter, jump in a video game, take a picture, or play some music. Who is Makey Makey For? Kids, Artists, Educators, Engineers, Inventors, Makers. Really it is for everyone. What materials work with Makey Makey? Ketchup, Pencil Graphite, Finger Paint, Fruits, Plants, Coins, Your Grandma, Silverware, Anything that is Wet, Pets, Aluminum, Ra

Read Arduino Capacitive Sensor In less Than 2 Minutes via Explore all projects An interesting link found among my daily reading

Read ThermoClock: An OpenSource Arduino UNO OLED Clock via Explore all projects An interesting link found among my daily reading

This Gadget Can Help Save You Big Bucks On Your Power Bill The Sense monitor helps show you which appliances are using the most energy My electrician had his doubts — and I have to admit that I did, too. As he looped a pair of clamps around my home’s main electrical lines, he told me the smart home gadget I hired him to install inside my breaker box wasn’t anything more than a voltage meter. “I could get you one of these for a fraction of the price,” he said. “And it would have an LCD display, too.” In hindsight, his lack of faith in this newfangled device was misplaced. A small, orange brick with a white antenna sticking out of it, the $249 Sense home energy monitor doesn’t look all that special. But it differs from conventional voltage meters in two ways. First, it connects to your home’s Wi-Fi network, meaning it can relay your home’s energy usage data into the cloud for some pretty heady number crunching. And second, that information is then relayed to apps on your Android or

Read Raspberry Pi joins the Particle Cloud! via Raspberry Pi – Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! An interesting link found among my daily reading

Read Google incorporates neural machine translation into Google Translate app for eight languages, increasing accuracy and allowing for entire sentence translation (Richard Nieva/CNET) via Techmeme An interesting link found among my daily reading

Read An Open-Source, Low-Cost Personal Airborne Particle Counter via Hackster’s Blog - Medium An interesting link found among my daily reading

From Douglas... This battery pack has become an essential part of my daily carry since I bought it last February. I live and work on my iPhone 6 and there are times when I need to be powered up, no matter where I might be. This Anker Powercore has so much power I don’t think I have ever actually ran it flat out of power. It is a great peace of mind to have power available no matter where I might be or what I need to do. I have also used this power pack to run Arduino microcontroller projects and help my GoPro  camera through a long time-lapse or other filming. It is so versatile and can power anything that takes a USB connector.  Anker PowerCore 10000 Portable Charger   More Anker Powercore products from Amazon.com   * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs ** Many of these books may be available from your local library. Check it out! Previously in the Douglas E. Welch 2016 Gift Guide... #13 Snark SN-5 Tuner for Guitar, Bass and Violin #12 G

Read Flip Dot Clock via Arduino Project Hub An interesting link found among my daily reading

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Read Particle Simplifies Connecting Your Raspberry Pi to the Internet of Things via Lifehacker An interesting link found among my daily reading

I have an older hand-me-down Apple TV, but these new products have really been catching my eye I love the ability to download and install apps on the Apple TV much like I would on my iPhone or iPad. At 25% off, perhaps this will be the time to pick up a new one. — Douglas 25% Apple TV Products at Target | Black Friday Sneak Preview Sale The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link.

Read Blue Raspberry review: Top-notch recording in a pocket-sized package via The Next Web An interesting link found among my daily reading

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From Douglas... If you’ve read this blog (or my TechnologyIQ) for any time, you already know that I am a huge fan of education as a hobby, learning as fun. I can enjoy reading some interesting scientific story as I can consuming the latest hit television show. I enjoy learning about new things almost more than anything else. littleBits is a great kit that helps kids launch their electronics and robotics education in an easy and fun manner. Based on the ubiquitous Arduino, the littleBits kits remove some of the complexity of working with the raw Arduino and electronic components. The boards and components snap together magnetically without the need for wires or soldering. Each kit comes with an instruction guide with several prepared projects, but the kits lend themselves to further exploration once the basic concepts are mastered. If you want to introduce your children (or your big kid (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) ) to the world of electronics and robotics then littleBits is a gre

Read Learning Toys and STEM Toys We Love via The Wirecutter An interesting link found among my daily reading

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From Douglas... Just like the Raspberry Pi kit OI shared earlier, this Arduino Starter Kit provides both the main Arduino board and a host of accessories to let you start making projects right out of the box. I recently purchased my first Arduino and I have found that it got me interested in technology all over again. Even as a die hard tech hobbyist and a technology consultant, the joy of making your own projects — and getting them working — helped me recapture my enjoyment of technology all over again.  Elegoo UNO Project Super Starter Kit with Tutorial Even more Arduino Boards and Components available on Amazon.com Learn more about Arduino with these books and products   Arduino Boards and Components via Amazon Arduino Boards and Components via eBay * A portion of each sale from Amazon.com directly supports our blogs Previously in the Douglas E. Welch 2016 Gift Guide... #4 Prosecco Sparkling Wine  #3 The $64 Tomato by William Alexander #2 Italian Moka Pot Coffe

    Move over Raspberry Pi, here is a $4, coin-sized, open-source Linux computer An interesting link found among my daily reading

Read LastPass is now free across all your devices via Engadget An interesting link found among my daily reading

From Douglas... For the technology lovers in your life — whether young or old — give them the power of exploring programming and computers in many forms. This kit gives you everything you need to get started with your Raspberry Pi today! Want to create your own interactive Internet of Things devices? Add-on the  SunFounder 37 Modules Sensor Kit V2.0  to give you temperature/humidity sensors, LEDs, components and detectors of all types. CanaKit Raspberry Pi 3 Complete Starter Kit Includes Made in UK Raspberry Pi 3 (RPi3) Model B Quad-Core 1.2 GHz 1 GB RAM On-board WiFi and Bluetooth Connectivity 32 GB Micro SD Card (Class 10) - Raspberry Pi Recommended Micro SD Card pre-loaded with NOOBS, USB MicroSD Card Reader CanaKit 2.5A USB Power Supply with Micro USB Cable and Noise Filter - Specially designed for the Raspberry Pi 3 (UL Listed) High Quality Raspberry Pi 3 Case, Premium Quality HDMI Cable, 2 x Heat Sinks, GPIO Quick Reference Card, CanaKit Full Color Quick-Start Guide