Raspberry Pi has received the lion’s share of attention devoted to cheap, single-board computers in the past year. But long before the Pi was a gleam in its creators’ eyes, there was the Arduino.

A young hacker has built a mini Arduino-controlled self-balancing robot that looks for all the world like a mini Segway. It’s remote-controlled by a WiiMote, it’s cheap, and the chap in question is ...

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ve probably seen us refer to the Arduino microcontroller on a number of occasions. This little circuit board is at the heart of many DIY projects, ...