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In TechCast 85, we talk to Tom Igoe, one of Philly ETE’s 2015 Keynoters. Tom is an associate arts professor at NYU in their Interactive Telecommunications Program, and talks to us about the program itself, physical computing, and the Arduino, a board that he was instrumental in getting founded back in 2005.
Tom will be a keynote speaker at Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise. Learn more about this developer-friendly, Chariot-sponsored conference here.
We discuss:
- His work at the Interactive Telecommunications Program
- The Arduino itself and how it was created
- How to interact with hardware using these small devices
Recommended resources courtesy of Tom:
Online
- Lessons, lecture notes, tutorials, and videos from Tom’s physical computing class at NYU
- SparkFun and AdaFruit – Companies that sell modules and offer great free tutorials on how to use them
- The official Arduino site – A place to purchase the device itself, watch tutorials, join in forums, and more
- Tom Igoe’s personal blog – Code, Circuits, and Construction
- MakeZine.com – a one-stop shop for shopping hardware and sharing projects
Books
- Physical Computing and Making Things Talk – two of Igoe’s published works
- Getting Started with Arduino by Massimo Banzi – the economical guide to getting started with Arduino
- Getting Started with Raspberry Pi by Matt Richardson – the economical guide to learning to build with Raspberry Pi