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Multiwii.org | Howtos, build logs and FPV flights video Community 6 Core Principles to Tap the Power of Social Community Participation Gartner reports that many business and IT leaders fail at utilizing social media effectively because they do not understand mass collaboration. Many businesses use a “provide and pray” approach, expecting online community participation to just happen. It’s just one of the reasons why communities fail. What happens instead is that users have an initial interest and then lose that interest as they discover that the platform is too difficult to use collaboratively. Applying the six core design principles creates a better social media environment for meaningful collaboration and social community participation, Gartner says. 1. User and community participation is the driving force behind successful mass collaboration. The design becomes driven by this goal instead of making a social outlet where people can easily participate in the conversation and add meaningful content. 2. A purpose must be meaningful, identifiable and clearly defined for the target audience. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Celebrate Pi Day With These 9 High-Tech Raspberry Pi Hacks | Wired Design Just hitting its one-year anniversary on the market, and already eclipsing a million units sold, the tiny Raspberry Pi computer board continues to grow as the maker's platform of choice. It has been used to make a pyrotechnic stage show that can fit in a backyard, mini videogame cabinets, and even prototype medical devices, but those applications only the first sprouts of what the platform can grow in to. The $35 DIY platform is as small as a credit card, but has a 700 MHz processor, 512 MB of ram, and a rich array of input and output ports that allow the diminutive device to be augmented with sensors and displays. Unlike competitive platforms, it runs Linux and allows makers to leverage expertise in Python, PHP, Javascript, and other common languages reducing the friction required to make amazing projects.

Fork Robotics Kenbay conversion kits Dublin Ireland electric bikes bicycles Welcome to the website of Kenbay Electric Bikes based in Dublin, Ireland. Kenbay Electric Bikes was established in 2006 and our electric bicycles (also known as pedelecs) are available throughout Ireland through our bicycle shops dealers and can also be purchased directly if your part of Ireland isn’t covered yet. Our bikes offer all the benefits of a bicycle with none of the drawbacks. Powered by cheap electricity, hills are no longer an issue, long journeys are now achievable and showering after is a thing of the past. Using one of our bikes you can reduce your commuting costs and cut commuting times, have pollution free transport and power your way to work! Commuting isn’t the only use for our bikes either. Suitable for those who want to keep fit, short distance commuting and active older people, the new range of Kenbay electric bicycles use state of the art longer lasting lightweight batteries (LiFePO4) and light alloy frames. You can view our full range by clicking here

bildr Kits - Categories sparkfun.com Shopping Cart 0 items log in register per page SparkFun Inventor's Kit - V3.2 Favorited Favorite 18 Wish List FLiR Dev Kit Favorited Favorite 28 SparkFun Inventor's Kit for MicroView Favorited Favorite 17 SparkFun Mini Inventor's Kit for Redboard Favorited Favorite 2 SparkFun Digital Sandbox Favorited Favorite 4 LilyPad Design Kit SparkFun Sensor Kit SparkFun XBee Wireless Kit mbed Starter Kit Favorited Favorite 0 SparkFun Nintendo DS Screen Kit Favorited Favorite 6 SparkFun RFID Starter Kit Favorited Favorite 5 ProtoSnap - LilyPad E-Sewing Kit SparkFun Simon Says - Through-Hole Soldering Kit Favorited Favorite 1 SparkFun ProtoShield Kit SparkFun WeevilEye - Beginner Soldering Kit SparkFun GPS Shield Kit SparkFun Essential Sensor Kit Chibitronics Circuit Stickers - Starter Kit SparkFun Inventor's Kit for IOIO Frequency Generator Kit - FG085 Favorited Favorite 3 SparkFun Beefcake Relay Control Kit Sylvia's Super Awesome Kit littleBits Base Kit SparkFun Decade Resistance Box Circuit Scribe Lite Kit Firefly Jar Kit

Cours et Montages Électronique - Site Électrique From idea to a company: Prototyping and manufacturing on a Makerbot 3D printer Jan.21, 2013 Square, owned by Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey, is a handful mobile wallet app that offers sales data to small businesses. Square is famous for its white plastic card reader, a device that lets small businesses use phones and tablets to accept credit cards. Chris Milnes found Square card reader is extremely useful for his business, but he noticed this small card reader tends to spin and twist while swiping credit cards. "I love using the Square Card Reader but there's nothing to prevent the card reader from spinning freely in the headphone jack. Chris created a simple solution. Chris started off with just one Makerbot 3D printer. Square Helper is now available on Chris' online shop for USD$7.99 each, with three color option, white, glow in dark and black. "It sounded funny when I did the computations — I'm going to be running this 24 hours! Source: Makerbot 本站所有文章版权归3ders.org所有,未经许可不得翻译或转载。

BeagleBoard.org - community supported open hardware computers for making First "scan to print" 3D printing shop in France Jan.16, 2013 After the first 3D printing shop announced its opening in Paris, last week another 3D printing shop is opened in France near Toulouse. Digiteyezer teamed up with Nailloux Fashion Village and Open Studio and presented an amazing attraction during the Sales week from Jan 9th to Jan 12th in Nailloux. EASYtwin is the first fully automatic 3D kiosk providing a "scan to print" solution to the consumer market. According to Digiteyezer, Easytwin is available to retail outlets and visiting areas as a lease including the entire solution for some hundred euros per month. This new retail store welcomed more than 200 customers on the first day. Photos: Digiteyezer 本站所有文章版权归3ders.org所有,未经许可不得翻译或转载。

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