Arduino-who?

They had a nice and cosy spot on my TODO-list: Arduino-boards. Basically they allow rapid prototyping of electronics systems and they are fun. I stumbled upon them when creating a prototype of an electronically enhanced Swedish flag for the course Affective Interaction.

These easy and fast to program logic boards have a range of inputs and output and in combination with a breadboard they allow for superfast prototyping. We created half our prototype in one afternoon. I need these at home, not sure for what, but I think I need them O:)

They come in all sorts of sizes for different usage, for our project we are using a LilyPad. This small and flat board is actually meant for usage in fabric, but it will fit nicely in our design.

If you are still asking yourself what use they could have, just search for Arduino on YouTube.