Before we leap into the fray with gusto and abandon, if you are new to this series, you can quickly catch up with the rest of us by perusing and pondering our earlier columns (see Part 1, Part 2, Part ...

IN OUR previous 10-week “How to be a maker” series, we went on a tour of the basics, culminating in building an autonomous biscuit-fetching robot. If you missed it, you can catch up online at the ...

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WHAT is twice as fun as a motor? Two motors. Last week, we learned how to meet their power-hungry needs. Now, we can double up – and because the micro:bit can control them, we can make a robot that ...

If you're into robotics or electronics, you've likely come across Arduino—a small microcontroller that can control sensors and motors for nifty DIY projects. Like the Raspberry Pi, the Arduino is ...

On the off chance that you are new to this mega-mini-series of articles, we typically start by listing the links to earlier installments to make all our lives easier (see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part ...