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Hardware Hacking Resources
There are a couple of major platforms out there that allow us to hack hardware.
Arduino is a prototyping board that allows us to interact with different sensor and existing products in the market such as, motors, lamps, speakers.
Furthermore, Arduino gives you the ability to hack end-user products, such as dishwashers and microwaves into better products.
Arduino's Getting Started Guide
Arduino's Playground Manual & Curriculum
Bonus: Cool Arduino comics (recommended)
Arduino's are pretty popular, you could pick them up at Radioshack, Amazon, and the ECE Store @ UIUC
Raspberry Pi was born as miniature low-cost (40$) computer project in order to encourage kids and teenagers to learn coding. Yes, it's a full computer, it runs on Linux, and it could be taken anywhere.
The possibilities for hacking are endless! You could build a media streamer, a router, a smart home server, an arcade machine, a microwave (hackers <3 microwaves) and much more.
Note: Since Raspberry Pi is mainly programmed in Python, you might want to look at the Python section as well.