Fun & Games
Making Sudoku puzzles less puzzling
October 12, 2012 10:38 am | by EurekAlert! | News | CommentsResearchers feel that their analog algorithm of Sudoku puzzles can potentially be applied to a wide variety of problems in industry, computer science and computational biology. Toroczkai and Ercsey-Ravaz have proposed a universal analog algorithm which is completely deterministic, always arriving at the correct and quicker solution to a problem...
Hungry? Press the emergency pizza button
April 3, 2012 12:15 pm | by Jason Lomberg, Technical Editor | Blogs | CommentsIn this era of instant gratification, an emergency pizza button ranks somewhere between the invention of sliced bread and the printing press.
Return to Zero - Real-Time Collaboration
April 3, 2012 7:51 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - High Voltage Supply
March 28, 2012 10:42 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Communications
March 21, 2012 9:48 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Wire Wrapping
March 13, 2012 6:35 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Polished Pig
March 8, 2012 12:38 pm | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Elevator TARDIS
March 5, 2012 4:48 am | by Mike Grusin, Engineer, SparkFun Electronics | Blogs | CommentsWe here at SparkFun have been known to use our products to play pranks on each other from time to time, and we're always on the lookout for ways to make life at the office more Fun.
Bright Bunny Kit
March 2, 2012 7:49 am | by Chris Taylor, Project Manager – Engineering Department, SparkFun Electronics | Blogs | CommentsThe Bright Bunny Kit is a great way to learn soldering and hand sewing. At the end of this project, you'll have a cute stuffed animal that lights up when you feed it a carrot! The original design for the Bright Bunny came from Phillip Lindsay, aka follower.
Laser Limbo
February 29, 2012 6:39 am | by Jordan McConnell, Engineer, SparkFun Electronics | Blogs | CommentsSometime around mid 2011, Sparkfun had the idea of holding an Open House as a fun event that would give us the opportunity to interact with the community. We brainstormed many fun ideas for the event and decided on which ones to shoot for.
Turn your ProMicro into a USB keyboard-mouse
February 28, 2012 10:59 am | by Jim Lindblom, Engineer, SparkFun Electronics | Blogs | CommentsHow cool would it be if you turn any button, joystick, sensor, or other electronic gizmo into a USB keyboard and/or mouse? You could make just about any input device you want into a controller for your computer programs or games.
Office door Young Frankenstein castle knocker
February 28, 2012 6:04 am | by Chris Taylor, Project Manager – Engineering Department, SparkFun Electronics | Blogs | CommentsWe're always looking for more ways to make our office fun and strange. One of our engineers, Mike, recently rigged up the elevator to play the Tardis noise. I wanted to do something similar, but, specifically, in my office.
Return to Zero - Parts Collection
February 27, 2012 5:17 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Drag Chair Racing
February 24, 2012 12:10 pm | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Resistor Drama
February 22, 2012 8:44 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Screw Loose
February 13, 2012 7:29 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Equipment Rebuild
February 10, 2012 7:03 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Dungeons and Dragons Dice Gauntlet
February 3, 2012 4:33 am | by Dia Campbell, TechStyle Specialist at Spark Fun | Blogs | CommentsThe D&D bracer is a fairly quick, fun, nerdy LilyPad project. The final product is a wearable bracer with a display that will randomly generate numbers between 1 and 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, or 100 in response to arm movement, so it can effectively replace all of the dice in your bag for a D&D session.
Return to Zero - Subscription Expired
February 1, 2012 5:56 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Electrons Inside
January 30, 2012 9:26 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Purchase Order
January 27, 2012 11:28 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Engineering Bartering
January 25, 2012 12:27 pm | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Problem Solving
January 24, 2012 7:03 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Uncontrollable
January 23, 2012 10:09 am | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
Return to Zero - Marketing Review
January 20, 2012 12:11 pm | Articles | CommentsReturn to Zero is a funny comic strip for engineers, with lab humor, odd situations, and exploding circuits that of course makes a sport out of solving the trickiest of engineering problems.
