Where it all started: the Arduino
A presentation about the Arduino and how it has changed the world in only 5 years:http://www.ted.com/talks/massimo_banzi_how_arduino_is_open_sourcing_imagination.html
Robot Control via Google Hangout
An example of how you can assemble a bunch of different technologies together to make something incredible:http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/11/07/how-to-make-an-led-blink-from-a-google-hangout/
Hackerspaces:
An inspirational talk by Mitch Altman at the Brussels TEDx 2012 about the community of people building stuff with all this technology:http://www.tedxbrussels.eu/2012/speakers/mitch_altman.php
A place to do it all in Brussels:
http://hackerspace.be
Some starting points:
Arduino: http://www.arduino.cc/Raspberry Pi a full computer for 35€, the size of a credit card!
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
Arduino supplies & kits:
http://www.antratek.com/Arduino-Kits.html
http://www.iprototype.be/products/kits/starterkit
http://proto-pic.co.uk/proto-pic-starter-kit-for-arduino-uno/
http://proto-pic.co.uk/arduino-starter-kit/
http://robotbits.co.uk/arduino/cat_7.html
http://snootlab.com/
Shops in Brussles:
- Cotubex (Ixelles near the ULB & cemetery)
- Capitani
- MB Tronics (really good selection of components at good prices)
Books:
Getting started with Arduino
Making things talk
Inspirational free books:
Low tech sensors and Actuators
Orignal Hacking Manual
