Blog 4
To this point everything that I've talked about has been free and open source software. This time I have a free and open source project that while it isn't free is fairly low cost. This time it is not only free and open source software, but free and open source hardware as well. The Arduino project www.Arduino.cc has all the information about the robotic software and the hardware. While I haven't got my hand on one of these kits, it sounds like the perfect project for that student that is hard to challenge. I first heard of the Arduino project through a podcast Floss weekly 61 on www.twit.tv . This robot project will give the student an introduction to programming as well as robotics. While the project was actually started in Europe, there are a number of places here in the United States that have kits or parts available. If you are lucky the high school in your area has joined the robotic competition which can lead to scholarships, and other benefits including a great group of kids to run around with. Check out arduino.cc . Read their papers and forums, and then pick one of the companies listed that supply kits. I think you will find you'll be pleasantly surprised at the prices.
My hope for this blog is to explore different tools available to parents that will help in the education of their children. I'm particularly interested in free or low cost items available on the Internet.
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