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hardware "open source"? It 's the bet already launched the winning side of the platform "Arduino", developed by a team composed of Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, Tom Igoe, Gianluca Martino, David Mellis and started back in 2005 in collaboration with the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea , an organization founded by Olivetti and Telecom Italy.

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What does hardware "open source"? Basically a card (like a small computer) with multiple functions that you can copy, distribute, modify, implement, redesign freely without having to pay royalties to the group that the Arduino has designed . The only condition is that each project has to recognize the paternity of the original group.

But what can you do with a "card" Arduino? In practice, all I could do a computer "embedded", or "hidden": steer a robot, open and close gates using smartphones and mobile phones as means of control lights on or off the Internet, piloting aircraft, etc. .. a "device" to control equipment that were cheaper than other systems. a real "magic mirror" that can function as a clock, from meteorologist, by video and, of course, also alcohol test. Then there is the robot starts to move that broke with infrared sensors and scaled, a radio-controlled car straight out of an ad that resurrects the 90s and thanks to a solar panel which makes 'green' to 100%. All "things" made with electronic equipment waste and the Arduino

This, in part because the software follows the same rules of Open Source. The designers of "Arduino" have created a joint platform, hardware and software, easy to use, but at the same time, allows a significant reduction in costs. The original purpose was to make available for projects undertaken by students at Interaction Design,

The success of "Arduino" was, however, immediately, so that at no time were sold tens of thousands of cards in all the world and now the project is widely experienced at MIT in Boston because of its operational capabilities, its flexibility and its cost in hundreds of projects developed by the prestigious American University of Technology. The programming language of the card software development environment that manages the internal processes is then easily interfaced with any computer. projects include "visible" on the Internet, for example, there is a gas sensor versatile: it can detect leaks as well as methane, also become a breathalyzer pocket. All encased in a device that looks like a normal microphone study. Using the sensors, an old PC and an LCD screen, some people have made

, ended up in the list 'Top 10 Internet of Things products "drawn up in 2009 by the New York Times.

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"First, we must dispel a myth - says Massimo Banzi, Chief Technology Officer Tinker.it, co-founder of the Arduino Arduino is often associated with the world of multimedia artists. The board has been able to make the electronics and programming accessible to all, breaking the monopoly of engineers and companies "

And it's not just stuff for hobbyists and tinkerers. Starting by the Starter Kit Arduino, distributed in forty countries and sold online to 'political prices', were created many innovative ideas. There are those who invented the interactive wallpaper

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a touchscreen table that allows 20 people to work together on a project
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interactive clock radios, prototype lamp then marketed by companies . Arriving to Chris Anderson, editor of Wired U.S., which has developed an electronic system for automatic guided radio-controlled aircraft.

Arduino can represent a real opportunity to disseminate knowledge globally at very low cost . Banzi is convinced. "Think of all the small and medium-sized Italian companies can not invest in research and development. They may group together and build the hardware they need, while maintaining our country's economic wealth produced."

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