App Inventor — a Google cast-out that is now maintained by MIT — is a graphical tool that unlocks the power of an Android handset to those with the most basic of programming understanding.

Blynk is a platform that has iOS and Android apps that can be designed in minutes to control Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and similar microboards over the internet. Blynk is sort of a prototyping board ...

An Arduino micro measures the weight on the load cell, and with the known densities of gin, vermouth, and Kahlua, [Tony] can get a very good idea of how much liquid is in the cocktail shaker.

You can access BT SPP in your Arduino code, treat it as a serial device and connect to your Edison project via Android phone with BT SPP App.

The hack allows for a one-direction, low-bandwidth connection between an Arduino board and Android phone (you’ll need one that has an electronic compass). Using a one-meter-by-one-centimeter copper ...

However, as the video above shows, you can also create your own simple apps for your Arduino project using MIT App Inventor.

Using a one-meter-by-one-centimeter copper cable, the Android app Tricorder, and a 120-ohm resistor, Joe made a coil from all the copper wire, which then connected to the arduino via the resistor ...

Arduino, the DIY nerd's best friend, gets a little love from Google with the Android Open Accessory Development Kit.