Why Google Choosing Arduino Matters 118
ptorrone writes "Earlier this week at Google I/O, Google announced the Android Open Accessory kit which uses the open source hardware platform, Arduino. MAKE magazine has an in-depth article about why Google choosing the Arduino matters, why Google picked Arduino and some predictions about what's next for Apple's 'Made for iPod' as well and what Microsoft/Nokia/Skype should do to keep up."
"magnetic core memory" extension board (Score:4, Interesting)
A friend recently made a "magnetic core memory" extension board for an Arduino:
http://www.corememoryshield.com/report.html [corememoryshield.com]
Just an example (with pictures) of what can be done with these things. (Magnetic core memory was the main form of non-volatile memory for computers from the 50s through to the 70s.)