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Inspired by the paperduino, the cardboarduino is a physically larger version (with space for a 9V battery), designed by Allegheny College’s faculty member Matt Jadud, as way to introduce students to the fundamentals of soldering and working with physical computation. The Cardboarduino is intended to be printed, cut out, and glued to the front and back [...]

Sparkle Labs just announced their new business card micro kits: a paper base with embedded LEDs that light up in the dark. Check out their site for more photos and PDF instructions. We love paper circuits - please keep them coming :)

AltLab has been trying to go greener so a few of us decided to start making and using more paper arduinos. They’re based on board designs by Guilherme and use paper and cardboard instead of PCBs - we call them paperduinos :) Monica’s version is embedded on a box where she keeps the connected batteries, [...]

Ricardo Webbens recently showed me how simple it is to make eco-friendly cardboard circuits. Looking at these beautiful paper boards, I became particularly interested in exploring the aesthetic qualities of this technique. See ciat-lonbarde’s site for many more truly amazing paper circuits.

Greg Saul and Mark D. Gross describe their paper devices as “small paper interactive objects that use nitinol shape-memory alloy wire for actuation, gold leaf printed circuits, embedded microchips for control, and paper outer shells for form and structure.” Their gold leaf circuits applied directly on the paper allow for a light weight, beautiful, and [...]