This kit is perfect for your next hackerspace meeting, convention, or anywhere you want your nametag to proclaim that YOU ARE A MAKER! Each kit includes 50 red LEDs that you solder in place to spell out up to 5 characters. The included microcontroller is pre-programmed with 4 built-in display modes: all on, letter chase, fade, and blink. The nametag kit is a perfect first or second soldering project and is the greatest alternative … Read More → "New in the Maker Shed: HELLO! My Name Is LED nametag kit"

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Go see how you do.

I want one!

They’ve got the dirt over at Engadget about the newest Parrot AR.Drone 2.0. Check it out!

From the official press release:

Parrot ‘AR.Drone 2.0’:

High-Definition Excitement!

At CES Las Vegas 2012, Parrot, a global leader in wireless devices for mobile phones, … Read More → "Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 full details leaked"

Ever wonder what it would be like to put two of the biggest icons among geeks into the same room? Well wonder no longer avid VentureBeat reader.

VentureBeat Founder and Editor-In-Chief Matt Marshall had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and legendary actor Leonard Nimoy on stage at the VentureBeat/DEMO Enterprise Disruption event last night.

Having the co-creator of arguably the most important tech company in the world on stage at the same time as the man famous for captivating entire generations of hopeful space travelers as Star Trek& … Read More → "Putting Leonard Nimoy and Woz on stage together is every bit as awesome as you’d think"

Enough with the 2012 apocalyptic pessimism. After all, if the Mayans were so smart, there would still be Mayans, right?

Thankfully, video maker and self-described “philosophical performer” Jason Silva has a much more optimistic (and logically sound) mode of thinking about the future and all the technologically awesome possibilities it has to offer.

“From the moment we picked up a stick and used it to reach a fruit on a really high tree as early Homo sapiens, we’ve been using our tools to extend our … Read More → "Jason Silva’s captivating videos deliver a dose of ‘techno-optimism’"

The January 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine features fascinating photos of twins by photographer Martin Schoeller.

In grade school it didn’t matter that Jeff Nagel wasn’t good at spelling—Steve was. The twins dressed identically save for wristwatches, which could be secretly switched before a test. Now 44, they work different jobs in Ohio but … Read More → "The photographic fascination with twins, by Martin Schoeller"

Ford Motor Co. is the latest automaker to open a research lab in Silicon Valley, where it hopes to scout out new technology and keep ahead of trends.

The company said Friday that it plans to open the lab near Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., in the first few months of this year. It will employ around 15 people, including some recruited locally and others who will rotate in from Ford’s headquarters in Dearborn.

Ford’s Chief Technical Officer Paul Mascarenas said the company decided about a year ago that it … Read More → "Ford to Open Silicon Valley lab"

Studies have recently shown tiny wires made by precisely placing chains of phosphorus atoms within a silicon crystal has been proven to have excellent electrical conductivity. The new silicon wire is four atoms wide and one atom tall showing that ‘electrical resistivity’ — or ease with which the current can flow — definitely doesn’t depend on wire width.

Researchers working on the study were able to get the wire to the atomic … Read More → "Silicon wire created 10,000 times thinner than human hair"