http://www.slashgear.com Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:02:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.slashgear.com/sparkfun-electric-sheep-lets-android-fans-make-their-own-accessories-16195707/ http://www.slashgear.com/sparkfun-electric-sheep-lets-android-fans-make-their-own-accessories-16195707/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:19:35 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://www.slashgear.com/?p=195707 SparkFun Electronics has a new USB device called Electric Sheep that takes advantage of that open accessory protocol. Electric ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/sparkfun-electric-sheep-lets-android-fans-make-their-own-accessories-16195707/feed/ 2 http://www.slashgear.com/nest-ipod-style-smart-thermostat-gets-a-detailed-teardown-22204165/ http://www.slashgear.com/nest-ipod-style-smart-thermostat-gets-a-detailed-teardown-22204165/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:13:57 +0000 Cory Gunther http://www.slashgear.com/?p=204165 Sparkfun we now have additional details and a ... many details but the full breakdown by Sparkfun gets into all the little parts and ... on down to the link below for the full breakdown. [gallery] [via Sparkfun] ]]> http://www.slashgear.com/nest-ipod-style-smart-thermostat-gets-a-detailed-teardown-22204165/feed/ 2 http://www.slashgear.com/ioio-android-breakout-board-makes-your-phone-a-diy-gadget-brain-07144823/ http://www.slashgear.com/ioio-android-breakout-board-makes-your-phone-a-diy-gadget-brain-07144823/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:11:15 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=144823 SparkFun electronics before on SlashGear, but with the new IOIO for Android the company has ... seen with Android developers there's no shortage of clever ideas out there. SparkFun have tested the IOIO for Android with the Nexus S and Nexus One,...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/ioio-android-breakout-board-makes-your-phone-a-diy-gadget-brain-07144823/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-controlled-diy-solar-powered-tank-video-0365044/ http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-controlled-diy-solar-powered-tank-video-0365044/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:39:50 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=65044 SparkFun parts, and now has a solar-powered vehicle he can control ...up his Arduino code, too, so a brief shopping spree at SparkFun and you can be up and running reasonably quickly.  Anybody...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/iphone-controlled-diy-solar-powered-tank-video-0365044/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/make-your-belt-buckle-play-mp3s-1230043/ http://www.slashgear.com/make-your-belt-buckle-play-mp3s-1230043/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:27:28 +0000 Staff Editor http://www.slashgear.com/?p=30043 SparkFun thinking? Are they sitting around in a room trying to figure out the ... soon, instead you’ll have to make it with parts and the circuit schematic and source code from SparkFun.]]> http://www.slashgear.com/make-your-belt-buckle-play-mp3s-1230043/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/led-pong-coffee-table-tutorial-video-demo-1216106/ http://www.slashgear.com/led-pong-coffee-table-tutorial-video-demo-1216106/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:15:27 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=16106 SparkFun Electronics. Check out the video of the LED Pong coffee ... to download.  Aside from a regular competitive game of Pong, SparkFun added in a collaborative game mode in which multiple balls are...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/led-pong-coffee-table-tutorial-video-demo-1216106/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/nes-controller-used-to-play-nintendo-emulator-on-htc-evo-4g-03100559/ http://www.slashgear.com/nes-controller-used-to-play-nintendo-emulator-on-htc-evo-4g-03100559/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:34:06 +0000 Evan Selleck http://www.slashgear.com/?p=100559 Sparkfun prototyping shield, which has a BlueSMIRF Bluetooth modem attached to it. Courtesy of the Arduino programming language therein, the controller (...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/nes-controller-used-to-play-nintendo-emulator-on-htc-evo-4g-03100559/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/steampunk-arduino-watch-tells-time-and-plays-games-1489633/ http://www.slashgear.com/steampunk-arduino-watch-tells-time-and-plays-games-1489633/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:42:33 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://www.slashgear.com/?p=89633 SparkFun. The software code needed to make all the parts function is offered at Instructables where the project is outlined. The ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/steampunk-arduino-watch-tells-time-and-plays-games-1489633/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/kindle-dx-gets-bluetooth-terminal-hack-0172189/ http://www.slashgear.com/kindle-dx-gets-bluetooth-terminal-hack-0172189/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:51:08 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=72189 SparkFun Bluetooth Mate module; that means he can wirelessly connect to the Kindle DX to get a serial terminal on the ereader. ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/kindle-dx-gets-bluetooth-terminal-hack-0172189/feed/ 2 http://www.slashgear.com/tweetster-twitter-display-2750394/ http://www.slashgear.com/tweetster-twitter-display-2750394/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:30:32 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=50394 Sparkfun serial LCD. Of course, this isn't much use for things like following links to articles, checking out TwitPic images or ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/tweetster-twitter-display-2750394/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/color-24-bit-lcd-psp-touch-screen-make-your-psp-a-little-more-like-a-ds-286992/ http://www.slashgear.com/color-24-bit-lcd-psp-touch-screen-make-your-psp-a-little-more-like-a-ds-286992/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:16:34 +0000 Chris Scott Barr http://www.slashgear.com/color-24-bit-lcd-psp-touch-screen-make-your-psp-a-little-more-like-a-ds-286992.php SparkFun, there is an accessory for your PSP that will let you tap the screen to your heart's content. (Well, you could tap it ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/color-24-bit-lcd-psp-touch-screen-make-your-psp-a-little-more-like-a-ds-286992/feed/ 2 http://www.slashgear.com/real-life-tetris-is-multi-coloured-marvel-135231/ http://www.slashgear.com/real-life-tetris-is-multi-coloured-marvel-135231/#comments Sun, 13 May 2007 16:38:45 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/real-life-tetris-is-multi-coloured-marvel-135231.php Sparkfun decided to take their newly-designed 4x4 rubber button boards, each key happy with an LED plopped merrily behind it, and...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/real-life-tetris-is-multi-coloured-marvel-135231/feed/ 2