Some things are more fun when there are more folks involved, and enjoying time in the pool is one of those activities. Knowing this, [Bert Wagner] started thinking of ways to best coordinate pool ...

Robots like 'Courtney' and 'Esther', conspicuous for their blinking LED "eyes" and compact, cooler-like frames, have quietly settled into the daily rhythms of Atlanta's Midtown neighborhoods.

Of course, that's usually followed by someone creating a fantastic handheld NES emulator as their first embedded project, and suddenly my untidy heap of wires and buttons doesn't feel so inspiring ...