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While work continues full steam ahead at .:oomlout:. HQ last week we reached a point where all of our pre-existing projects were on hold. We were either waiting on packages to arrive or searching for the much more elusive delivery of inspiration. To deal with this we, of course, started a new project. What is it? Its a Breadboard Based Arduino Compatible (BBAC). Using a breadboard, layout sheet and pile of components you can have yourself a fun time putting it together (as simple as popping in each component), and when your finished have a completely functional Arduino Compatible board...

Things have been crazy around oomlout HQ recently as we've been scrambling to finish off projects, pack boxes and just tie up any and all loose ends. The reason? We're moving our main base of operations to the UK. What This Means in the Short Term We have to shut our store temporarily - all of you with just placed orders don't worry, they are being shipped as I type. To all of our wonderful customers thus far no need to worry we'll still be able to offer support via help@oomlout.com. Development will be temporarily slowed - we apologize to...

One of the small problems we around oomlout HQ encounter far too often is which of our toys to play with. There is always debate and benefit weighing but all too often we come down to an impasse between playing with our Arduinos or playing with our legos. The solution? play with both. To facilitate this we have made a few laser cut acrylic pieces to bridge the gap. Currently we have pieces to make connecting an Arduino, a Breadboard a Battery Box, and a Standard Size Servo (continuous or normal) to your lego easy. If you'd like to build...

Its time to take open source hardware to the people who can make it really awesome, you. Part of what makes open source software so powerful is the, varied skill sets of the people who work on it. While we at .:oomlout:. think everything we produce is awesome the depth of skill around our offices is admittedly rather limited. We can handle laser cutting and bolt counting but when it comes to math or programming or art we are quickly out of our depth. Perhaps your an animator with a desire to bring your inverse kinematics knoweldge into the physical...

Last week I was unlucky enough to find myself with a two hour layover in the New York areas finest airport, Newark. However a few e-mail's turned this minor annoyance into several days of hanging out with New York's coolest people, in a great space. I was able to watch a machine take form, (a machine capable of printing anything)(makerbot.com). Be party as dinosaur skeletons were shrunk to the size of a matchbook (tinysaur). Discuss the inner nuiances of procuring free items on Criagslists (conclucion items okay, services dodgy). Be told of the next great advance in diy medical records....