Some of the first steps toward working with Arduino is understanding how to write code for it. The good news is that it's made with beginners in mind.

Ever wanted the ability to yell at your electronics? Over on Make, they show you how to add commands to electronics, including a Roomba, Philips Hue, and a few other things.

Google+ Hangouts provide a group video chat with the ability to add apps. [RobotGrrl] created a Node.js web app to control an Arduino that can be added to a Hangout. There’s a Javascript client ...

It’s these higher performance chips [Larry] had in mind when writing his JPEGDEC library. As [Larry] discusses in a blog post on the topic, JPEG libraries already exist for the Arduino platform.