Curious Electric at Cambridge MakeSpace
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Recently, I headed down to Cambridge MakeSpace for a meet up of the the Cambridge Synthetic Biology group. The meet up was entitled "Science Makers: Open hardware for STEM education". They had previously ordered the bat listener kit and invited me along to chat about the kits I'm working on and also to hear and see what members of their... Read more
Derby Mini Maker Faire
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The Curious Electric Company had a stall at our most local Mini Maker Faire in Derby. It was a great, if very busy, day. So busy in fact that I only had the time to take one photograph and did not manage to visit any of the other stalls during the day. I ad the new design for the Bat... Read more
PCB design procedure...
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Here at The Curious Electric Company, we use the open source PCB and schematic design package KiCAD. This keeps getting better and better, but, as with any software, has a (quite steep) learning curve associated. Here is the NEW version of the Bat Listener being worked on. We have listened to customer feedback and have tried to improve the kit... Read more
We are heading to EMF camp 2016!
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We are packing some of our kits and will have some new ideas to show of at Electro-Magnetic Field 2016 from 5-7 August. This is a bi-annual geeky fesitval with loads of amazing talks, interesting interactive exhibits and workshops. I will be also be running a workshop to build our DIY Solar Charger. This seemed appropriate for an outdoor festival.... Read more
Blinky Grid Workshop
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The Curious Electric Company roots are intertwined with Nottingham Hackspace. Most of the kits developed have initially been run as workshops at the hackspace, including our most popular kit: The Bat Listener. Recently I ran a workshop at Nottingham Hackspace on surface mount soldering. I used an amazing kit from Wayne and Layne: The Blinky Grid. This is a small... Read more
Heading to Edinburgh Mini Maker Faire
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The Curious Electric Company will make its first public appearance this coming weekend (Sunday 10th April 2016) at Edinburgh Mini Maker Faire! This is part of the world famous Edinburgh Science Festival and will be held in Summerhall. We hope to have our range of kits demonstrated there along with some prototypes of new products in the pipeline. We will... Read more
The Curious Electric Company, open for Business
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Hello World! My name is Matt Little and I'm the founder of the Curious Electric Company. My mission is to bring you the very best in environmental and educational electronics project kits to help you monitor the world around us and really have a positive impact on our planet. I've enjoyed electronics since childhood and never lost the curiosity for... Read more