Okay, all you Arduino fans, now that you've mastered the basics of blinking LEDs, driving motors, and monitoring environmental sensors, you're ready for something a little more interesting, right ...

Joe Desbonnet combined an Arduino microcontroller with a magnetic coil to create what he calls the “Poor Man’s NFC”.

Arduino and Wi-Fi, together in the immediate future A couple of new boards are making your DIY projects wireless.

While his wireless Arduino to Android bridge isn’t likely to win any awards for throughput, it is a great proof of concept project.