BeagleBone Black project spotlight: The Octoscroller

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By Tara Stratton New York is one of the brightest places on Earth. Times Square is definitely a large factor, but now a new BeagleBone Black-based project—, the Octoscroller, —is adding to the glow. The Octoscroller, which you may have seen at Maker Faire New York a few weeks ago, is a project created by […]

BeagleBone Black project spotlight: Disorient Pyramid

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By Tara Stratton When you think of Pyramids in the middle of the desert, you think of Egypt, —not Nevada. The Disorient Pyramid, which was on display at Burning Man 2013 this year in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, is changing all that. This year at Burning Man, the Disorient Camp hosted a 23-foot […]

BeagleBone Black project spotlight: The Deck

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By Tara Stratton Phil Polstra had a problem. He had a vision for a portable penetration testing (pentesting) and forensics device, but he didn’t have the technology he would need to do it. One fateful day at Maker Faire Detroit, Polstra found himself right next to Jason Kridner, who was showing off the (then) new […]

BeagleBone Black project spotlight: Facebook “Like” Counter

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By Tara Stratton Here’s something we are sure you will ‘Like.’ While at Maker Faire Bay Area this year, we gave away a few BeagleBone Black open-source computers to some lucky faire attendees. We heard back from one of the winners, Christopher Berg, about a creative but functional project he’s created on the board over […]