Badges articles

Adafruit's new online merit badge system looks to bring the Scouts to version 2.0

By Andrew Webster on March 2, 2012 05:38 pm

You may earn badges from checking in on FourSquare, but nothing beats the good, hard work involved in earning a Boy or Girl Scouts merit badge — and now Adafruit Industries is looking to modernize Continue reading…
Microsoft introduces Xbox-like achievements for developers

By Tom Warren on January 18, 2012 12:42 pm + 28 comments

Microsoft introduced a beta plug-in for the company's Visual Studio development environment today. Visual Studio Achievements is a free plug-in that allows developers to unlock achievements and Continue reading…