With Canada day and Independence day fast approaching, some makers are looking towards setting up their own fireworks to shoot off in celebration – sure you could use a match or lighter… or you could ...

There's more to Android than just hacking that app or operating system, says Google. You'll soon be able to hack Android hardware too, thanks to a new Arduino-based platform. Senior writer Seth ...

The Cellbots gang has been furiously productive as of late. Not even a month after their wooden "boxbot" was first spotted on You Tube the project has moved on from its humble beginnings of lumber and ...

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 ...

Android: As if Tasker’s plugins weren’t powerful enough, the developer behind popular plugins like AutoVoice and AutoInput has released a new plugin that lets you control an Arduino from Tasker.

We’ve previously covered how cool automatic blinds are. And we know the Amazon Echo is pretty awesome. This hack puts them together to use an Alexa voice command to open and close your blinds. DIY ...

What's not to like about a bit of IoT-style speech recognition, using Arduino and Android? That was what first caught my eye for a little prototype project documented on hackster.io. The idea is to ...

[Photo: Element 14] If you’re anything like me, everything around you can distract you from cooking–something I’m not particulalrly good at. While something is simmering, you may float away to do ...

Android fans rejoice! The new Android 3.1 Ice Cream Sandwich brings the promise of better USB support to connect to digital cameras and printers. But Android’s discovery of new USB peripherals does ...