Hardware Hacking area: Make Cool Things with Microcontrollers (and learn to solder)

1) Microcontrollers are fun to play with and anyone can learn to make cool projects with them. 2) Examples of cool microcontroller projects include the TV-B-Gone universal remote, MiniPOV3 kit, Solar BugBot, LED Cube, and The Brain Machine. 3) A microcontroller is a complete computer on a chip that can accept input, perform operations, and output results. It works by fetching and executing instructions in a loop until powered off.