Tom Sgouros demos my Arduino buddies at Maker Faire
Monday, May 12th, 2008
Inspired by SocialBomb, a few of us AS220 geeks have started working on a similar project: Arduinos that pair off and get happier the closer they are together. The first iteration of this is the Arduino Buddies, but eventually, we’ll have this on a PCB and will include some ad-hoc pairing.
When we have the wearable version and a room full of these, it could make for a fun game. In this video, RI’s own Tom Sgouros helps out at the Maker Shed (the new version of the Maker Store we unveiled this year) and explains how the Arduino Buddies work. Tom kept pretty busy at the Faire: a couple of the authors whose work he edited were there, Tom put on a performance of his play, and he and his daughter Timi spent a lot of time in the store answering questions about the kits we had for sale.