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Well the team has been busy and we thought we'd bring you up to speed on a few things. What We've Done: The ARDX (Arduino Experimentation Kit) is almost finished. All that is left is writing up a few of the circuits and editing the assembly videos. We've updated all our files you can check them out ( here ). (we're particularly fond of the Sketchup models of each component and circuit ) (tentative ship date March 20) Finished off most of what is required for one of our new products ( ARDI ), An Arduino based Intervalometer for SLR...

We've been working with another local design shoppe recently and are excited to say we'll be bringing a few of their lovely items to show off at Maker Faire UK. Accumulus Designs has been operating off internet (they call it the real world we think they're terribly mistaken on that front) and have recently decided to take their goal of conquering the world via open source crochet digital. As such Otis's best friend Christopher (pictured above, video'd below) will be joining the oomlout entourage on our trek to Newcastle. He's very much in his infancy at the moment but I've...

While we toil away on new products its easy to forget about those we are already producing. This consists most notably of our pride and joy (and Otis's family) the Arduino Controlled Servo Robot (SERB). Making and selling them is loads of fun (and helps finance our continued development), but what gets us really excited is when we see others, taking the designs and not just reproducing them but adding their own improvements and style. Here are a few SERB inspired items we've found around the internet. (drop us an e-mail if you're building your own SERB (or SERB inspired...

Today is a big day for oomlout, we're celebrating 60 days using Google analytics. How to commemorate such an event? By turning an online graph into something more tangible. Using a little acrylic base, our automatic wire cutter and some arduino code we have produced a little desktop graph. The length of each wire being proportional to each days page-views. A quick little fifteen minute job, definitely room for improvement, but it is nice to make the digital physical. If you'd like to build your own you can pick up the files over on Thingiverse ( here ) A quick...

The oomlout offices are abuzz with activity as UK Maker Faire (Newcastle March 14-15) quickly approaches. As Stuart and Clement run around finishing off projects and getting into rather involved super ball wars (a post to follow may outline some of the finer strategic points of this form of warfare), it has fallen upon me to accomplish the more mundane tasks. Ensuring you are prepared with swag is no small task. Shirts arrived yesterday, so you'll be able to spot an oomlout'er from a mile off. Our business cards are being printed as we speak and the laser cutter is...