We’re working with Sparkfun Electronics to re-release the Botanicalls kit. The brand-new version will use the WIZnet W5100 chip that’s supported by the Arduino Ethernet library. The plan is to have it available in February, along with updated code and instructions to empower your favorite plant to Tweet when it needs water, and thank you […]

I’ve been asked a few times about kit availability for the Building Wireless Sensor Networks book. Yes, soon! The electronics elves are feverishly working on it, and keep mumbling “February, if not before.” Watch this space for more info. Also, some nice mentions showing up for the book: There are even  a couple technical corrections

Friday, January 28 is the nominal deadline for students to apply to the MFA Interaction Design program at School of Visual Arts for the class of 2013. But don’t panic. The program will continue to accept applications on a case-by-case basis as space allows. If you are a user-centered designer with a cross-disciplinary set of

It’s about time! My first ever book, Building Wireless Sensor Networks with ZigBee, XBee, Arduino, and Processing has been released by O’Reilly Media. It’s available in hardcopy, Safari Library, ePub, Mobi, PDF, Kindle, as an Apple iBook, and of course in real bookstores and libraries. I’ll be keeping updated information on this page, including errata, additions

The 2010 final projects for my Fundamentals of Physical Computing class at SVA’s Interaction Design MFA program are now all posted online. These 15 students represent the best interaction designers that you can’t hire yet. They’ll graduate in 2012. In the meantime, check out:

A new and significantly improved version of the XBee Internet Gateway is now available, thanks to Jordan Husney‘s hard work and mid-air inspirations. If you want to connect an XBee directly to the Internet, the new version 1.1.0 is the simplest method for facilitating that connection. XIG code runs on the ConnectPort X2 and will

As reported on CNet, and Gigaom, GroundedPower has just been acquired by venture capital-backed Tendril Inc. of Boulder, Colorado. Tendril is a leading energy management technology provider that supplies energy software, hardware and services to both consumers and utility companies. Along with ITP alumni Mike Bukhin, Demetrie Tyler and Terence Arjo, I’ll be helping to incorporate

Just finished presenting the XBee Internet Gateway at Sketching in Hardware 2010, held at the Encounter dome at LAX airport. My presentation covered the basics of (essentially) bringing web services to the Arduino via a ConnectPort and XBee radios from Digi International. The Gateway is intended for use in schools, design firms, hacker spaces or

GroundedPower made the technology news home page on CNET this Saturday with a story about how people are important to the smart grid. Here’s the permalink.