A single RGB camera turns your palm into a keyboard for mixed reality interaction Interactions in mixed reality are a challenge. Nobody wants to hold bulky controllers and type by clicking on big virtual keys one at a time. But people also don’t want to carry around dedicated physical keyboard devices just to type every now and then. That’s why a team of computer scientists from China’s Tsinghua University […]
ExoKit is a novice-friendly foundation for building powered exoskeletons Our modern technological world is built upon shared knowledge. If you want to build a car, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel — you can rely on existing research and engineering, so you can skip ahead to the more complex specialized work. Such foundations exist in every industry for every technology, but powered exoskeletons […]
This plant always gets enough sunlight thanks to its robotic legs Plants of all kinds are quite infamous for their inability to move, and this can be especially problematic for houseplants that rely on consistently sunny locations within a room in order to get enough light. Driven by wanting their plant to have the best possible growing conditions in their north-facing room, GitHub user MarinaXP has […]
Join Arduino at Automate 2025 to explore the future of automation We’re heading to Automate 2025, the largest robotics and automation event in the Americas, happening May 12-15 at Huntington Place in Detroit – and we’re bringing a lineup of fresh innovations, live demos, and exciting new launches. You’ll find us in Booth #6632, right next to our partners at Weintek. This year is extra special […]
This haptic glove could help deafblind people communicate Part of the reason that we all learned in school about the Helen Keller’s inspiring life was because the combination of blindness and deafness are so challenging. An impairment with just one still leaves the opportunity to communicate using the other. But without either sight or hearing, the challenge increases exponentially and that’s why Anne […]
Knuckle typing in mixed reality just makes sense While mixed reality — virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) — has come a long way in recent years, there are still a lot of challenges that developers struggle to overcome in a practical and user-friendly way. Typing is one example and current virtual keyboard implementations are slow and clumsy. But people already have […]
French Minitel terminal becomes a peculiar AI workstation Before the rest of the world began logging on to the World Wide Web, the French had a very interesting online service called Télétel. It was somewhat similar to early bulletin board systems (BBS), but with much more functionality than really anything else from the era. By 1982, Télétel was available in most of France […]
Arduino makes TIME’s 2025 World’s Top EdTech Companies We’re proud to share that Arduino has ranked #9 in TIME magazine’s 2025 list of the World’s Top EdTech Companies, created in collaboration with global market research firm Statista. This recognition places us in the top 10 globally – and reinforces our long-term commitment to helping educators, students, and institutions harness the power of technology […]
An affordable open-source robotic prosthetic arm For those missing limbs, a robotic prosthesis represents a real and useful way to regain capability. But such prostheses are traditionally very expensive and are inaccessible to a large percentage of the people who would benefit from them. In an effort to improve the situation, Pavel Kochetkov of Weird Motions Lab designed this affordable, open-source […]
Keep pedaling if you want your computer to stay on Appeals to nature notwithstanding, humans didn’t evolve to sit in desk chairs all day slouching in front of computers. Nor did we evolve to handle constant and near-unlimited access to delicious, calorie-dense foods. It isn’t surprising that so many people are at less than ideal health levels. But how can one work up the motivation […]