One year of projects with the Arduino UNO Q
Maker Faire Bay Area 2026
September 25th-27th
In 2026 I gave myself the task of building a product with the Arduino UNO Q every month. I built lamps, musical instruments, open source doorbells and more. It’s time to talk about the highs and the lows and the things I learned that can be useful for other makers. It’s going to be a honest take about what the Arduino UNO Q is good for and what it’s not. I will also show a project made with the new Arduino VENTUNO Q, and a couple of community projects that inspired me.
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Massimo Banzi
Massimo Banzi is the founder of Supermoderno and the co-founder of Arduino. He is an Interaction Designer, Educator , Open Source Hardware pioneer and TED Speaker. He has a background in electrical engineering but spent most of his early career working as a software architect on large web projects both in Milan and London. He is a pioneer of the commercial web in Italy having been the Webmaster of Italia Online in its early years. He spent 4 years at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea as an Associate Professor and worked as a consultant on projects for brands like Prada, Persol, Whirlpool, V&A Museum, Artemide and Adidas. Massimo has taught workshops and has been a guest speaker at institutions allover the world. Always interested in what's new, he started the first FabLab in Italy. He is also the author of the book “Getting Started with Arduino” published by O’Reilly. He is a visiting professor at CIID in Copenhagen. His latest project is Supermoderno, a Media Company that aims to make contemporary technology understandable to almost anyone.
