Hardware

The BBC website is today reporting that Premier Farnell a manufacturer of the Raspberry Pi mini PC has this week been bought by Swiss electronics company Daetwyler Holdings in a deal worth Fr.1 billion or £700 million. Shares for Premier Farnell rose 50 percent to 164p after news of the deal was … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi Manufacturer Premier Farnell Purchased By Daetwyler For £700m

Developers, makers and hobbyists looking to create health or fitness-based applications and projects, maybe interested in a new tiny development board which has been created by MbientLab, based in San Francisco. The tiny development boards are equipped with a number of excellent features … [Read more...] about MetaHealth Tiny Development Boards For Fitness Applications Hit Kickstarter (video)

Barry Getty based in the UK has created a range of robot controllers called Dark Control, which have been specifically created to be used in conjunction with the awesome Raspberry Pi Zero mini PC and allow you to build robotic projects with ease. The Dark Control robot development boards allow … [Read more...] about Dark Control Raspberry Pi Zero Robot Controllers Hit Kickstarter (video)

If you are intrigued about the start-up story behind the development of the awesome Raspberry Pi mini PC, you are sure to enjoy this 50 minute video which has been published to YouTube. During which the founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation Eben Upton, talks about the Raspberry Pi and how it came … [Read more...] about The Story of Raspberry Pi Presented By Founder Eben Upton (video)

RobotSoC has this week launched a new Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise $30,000 to help take their new EagleSoC Development Kit into production which provides mixed-signal support utilising Cypress PSoC 5LP MCU. Check out the promotional video below to learn more about what you can … [Read more...] about EagleSoC Development Kit Hits Kickstarter (video)

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts that would like a more relaxing way to be woken in the morning, rather than listening to their bleeping alarm clock. Might be interested in a new DIY Raspberry Pi Spotify alarm clock which has been created by George Cushen. George explains more about the project and what … [Read more...] about DIY Raspberry Pi Spotify Alarm Clock

Thanks to a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign back in April of this year the new GPD Win pocket Windows 10 mini PC is now available to pre-order from the likes of Geekbuying, Gearbest, DinoDirect, or AliExpress priced at $330. The pocket Windows 10 64bit PC is equipped with a 5.5 inch … [Read more...] about GPD Win Pocket Windows 10 PC Now Available To Pre-Order From $330 (video)

Israel Aerospace Industries have unveiled a new autonomous modular combat robot they have created called the RoBattle. Which is set to make its debut at the upcoming Eurosatory exhibition in France next week. Check out the teaser video below to learn more about its features and functionality and … [Read more...] about RoBattle Modular Combat Robot Unveiled (video)