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We were blown away by the work that York Hackspace had put into their SpaceHack Game, which they exhibited at the UK Maker Faire in Newcastle, April 2014. Find out more here!

Our new products this week include a 5V 2.5A Mains Wall Power Supply with UK, EU, US and AU Adaptors, a 9V PP3 Battery Clip Lead to 2.1mm DC Connector, a Resistor Kit and a Beginner Parts Kit.

Design & Make the Future 2014 was run by Teach Design and took place on Saturday 10th May at the National STEM Centre in York. The day was packed with a combination of keynotes, workshops, networking and exhibitions.

Looking to develop a fun, hands-on and interactive Electronics project? Are you a keen gamer? Looking for new ways to deliver the Computing Curriculum? Ever considered building your own game controller...?

We have newly Retail Packaged Project Kits (for Electronics and E-Textiles) that we're bursting to tell you about...

Maker Faire UK took place at the Life Science Centre in Newcastle on April 26-27 and, boy, wasn't it a good one!

Our Arduino range is extending and now includes the MaKey MaKey Kit, the Starter Kit for RedBoard and many more accessories!

Maker Faire UK 2014 Preview - Kitronik's preparation and a selection of the Faire's main attractions.

Our Motors and Accessories range is extending and now includes a Geared Motor with matching tyre, a Solar Motor, and a large propeller.

The main features of our new website.

Our LilyPad range is extending and now includes ProtoSnap E-Textiles Kits for beginners and more!

We recently set Edward Bennigsen (the young digital maker at Make Things Do Stuff) a one week challenge to see what he could achieve with the Laika Inventor's Kit. Over to Edward!

Greg Holloway is the creator of FishPi. Greg has the vision of one day having his FishPi sail across the Atlantic Ocean. It sounds like an immensely difficult project to say the least but with a little more work on the automation, FishPi will be fully equipped for that open sea expedition.

Andy Bakin is the creator of Laika Explorer. Here is Andy’s story of Laika…

As expected, Derby Mini Maker Faire was deeply inspiring, educational, but yet fun! Read about our adventures.

Over the past couple of months, the Silk Mill in Derby has undergone some remarkable changes. We're really looking forward to the Maker Faire to see how they got on.

5mm Yellow Candle LED demo video.

A video about our USB Lamp Kit taken from our Ask Kitronik Live event 2012.

A video about our LED Picture Frame Kit taken from our Ask Kitronik Live event 2012.

Rear Bike Light Project Kit assembly video.