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Adafruit Arduino Motor Shield Review

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The Arduino Motor Shield V2 Kit Review from Adafruit is up! Feel free to read and comment on it! Click here to read the review!

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http://www.veryhappyrobot.com/kit-review/the-arduino/arduino-shields/adafruit-motor-shield-v2-2/adafruit-motor-shield-kit/index.html

The Arduino Motor Shield is a curcuit board that stacks on top of the Arduino to allow the Arduino to control DC, stepper, and servo motors more easily. It is very useful in projects that have moving parts.

Google Contact Lenses

Check out this link from the Los Angeles Times! This is an amazing use of technology!

Here is the same URL for the link above:

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-google-develops-contact-lenses-for-diabetics-to-monitor-glucose-20140116,0,3028604.story#axzz2qmq47rJm

Technological Happenings and Events

January 15:

1997 - Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station

2005 - ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter finds elements such as aluminum, silicon, iron, calcium, and other surface elements on the moon.

2005 - An intense solar flare blasts X-rays across the solar system.


This day in history is where I found these.

Arduino Review

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The Arduino review is up for reading and commenting!!

The Arduino is a microcontroller (mini computer). It can be easily programmed and reprogrammed to light up LEDs, function with sensors (temperature, etc.), react to buttons, display on LCDs and use many other electronics.

The Arduino was my first physical (as opposed to digital) programming environment and is a great way to learn about programming. If you are interested in learning about electronics, start with the Arduino. 

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