Geeking out with Arduino

Recently I've maxed out my geek-o-meter and have been trying my hand at building & coding a microprocessor to use in dynamic/interactive sculptures.  I've started with the Arduino, a pretty straightforward but powerful bit of open-source electronics that has a large support network on the interwebs.


An overview from MAKE magazine, one of the greatest publication of all time:

http://blog.makezine.com/arduino/


A hub with lots of information/tutorials for the Arduino crowd:

http://www.arduino.cc/

Here's a TED talk about the Arduinio 'open-sourcing the imagination':

http://www.ted.com/talks/massimo_banzi_how_arduino_is_open_sourcing_imagination.html

And a few projects that give an idea of what you can do with this crazy little thing:

Giant flame-throwing scorpion, with come videos:

http://mantisentertainment.com/gallery/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E8HSnIEE20&feature=autoplay&list=UUZLshGezpuu_c-_7GxlFwTA&playnext=1

Mind-controlled flame thrower (there are other things it can do besides control flame effects, these are just some of the coolest):

http://blog.makezine.com/2012/07/28/detroit-hackerspaces-1-i3-detroits-mind-flame-contest/