A couple of resistors, an Arduino microcontroller board, a Bluetooth module, a few lines of code, and a Nokia 1100 screen and vibrating motor were all that a hacker needed to build a smartwatch. The ...

Smartwatch makers know you’d love to have your display always on -- like a watch. It’s annoying to have to raise your wrist, tap the display or push a button to to be able to see anything.

The Raspberry Pi is a fantastic tool, especially for general-purpose computing and media projects. But when I’m working on simple or embedded tasks, I often find myself reaching for a microcontroller ...