Here’s proof that you can build cool stuff with simple tools. This self-balancing unicycle uses an Arduino and a five degree of freedom IMU from Sparkfun to keep the rider upright. Well, it’ll keep ...

Image courtesy of SparkFun Electronics. Sign up here to bring SparkFun’s daylong workshop to your school or hackerspace. SparkFun notes the $1,500 price tag “includes enough hardware (which is yours ...

We love badge hacking. LOVE IT! But South-by isn’t purely a hardware conference so the badges aren’t made of PCBs (for shame). Add to that, free entry to Create scores you a wristband but no badge.

Electronics supplier SparkFun designs dozens of products a year and they haven't patented a single one. It's worked out pretty well so far. SparkFun is a DIY hardware supplier. It makes its living by ...

I visited SparkFun Electronics recently in Boulder, CO along with Curtis Ellzey of Engineering TV. I got to speak with a number of people there including Nate Seidle, founder and CEO of SparkFun ...

Technology Editor Bill Wong talks with Pete Dokter, Director of Engineering at SparkFun Electronics, about prototyping and open source hardware. SparkFun is one of the major suppliers of open source ...