In bedrooms, sheds and garages across the land there's a revolution under way. Empowered by a new generation of low-cost, easy-to-use tools, hobbyists are now able to invent – and produce – their own ...

Fig 1. Electronics are not only fun but also relatively easy to learn. Kids age 10 and above can easily pick up useful electronic skills like soldering. Fig 2. SparkFun’s Simon Says product is a ...

The SparkFun Inventor's Kit is compatible with National Instruments' LabVIEW Home Bundle, a special version of its famous programming language designed for the hobbyist. (Image courtesy of SparkFun).

A while back I wrote about the new Arduino Inventor's Kit from SparkFun. It's quite the package, including an Arduino, a bunch of sensors and output devices, and a dozen or so projects that are easy ...