Every year a cohort of makers, tinkerers and like-minded individuals descend upon UCD's campus for Science Hack day Dublin, a 36hr hackathon with creativity and a love of science at its heart. This year, I had the chance to join in on the fun.

While most components you'll likely use with Arduino are relatively cheap, sometimes there's the odd part that comes at a premium that's outside your budget. Here's my experience with the alternative.

It's a great feeling to say I've finally finished my latest website for Lyons Café. To tell the truth, it's possibly the most cutting-edge website I've built so far, and I'm feeling pretty proud about it!

A few days back I had my first look at the Intel Galileo. Since then, I've had time to cast my eye over another remarkable IoT board - the Arduino Yún.

Building a site these days isn't as easy as when I started. Before, I could've been satisfied with just a html page, some basic css & maybe some javascript. These days I seem to be tripping up over a bunch of different technologies, all vying for attention.

Yesterday, I finally had the chance to set up my new Intel Galileo (Gen 2). Not an easy task as I found out!

Settle in for a long read; today I wanted to write about how I built my robot - straight from scratch.