Female codebreakers reunited at Bletchley Park – helped crack Hitler’s secret codes with Colossus computer

From blog.adafruit.com 7 years ago in Platforms Stores

Female codebreakers reunited at Bletchley Park – Telegraph. Story is from May but we just saw this on Twitter now… They may be fewer in number and older in years, but the pride in their expressions is undimmed by the passing years. Some of the last of the band of...

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The Pi Cast Celebrates 10 Years of Raspberry Pi: New Episodes With Ladyada, Eben Upton, and More

From blog.adafruit.com 19 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Tune in for episodes from January 18th through February 28th. Ladyada will be featured on February 15th, Via tomshardware It’s hard to believe but the Raspberry Pi has been around for almost decade now, having launched on February 29th, 2012....

Wolf Moon: See the Full Moon Tonight

From blog.adafruit.com 20 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Full moon tonight! From The Old Farmer’s Almanac:The full Wolf Moon rises on Monday, January 17, 2022. Learn more about when, where, and how to see the January full Moon!Via secret nyc

Quantum Particles and the Aharonov-Bohm Effect

From blog.adafruit.com 20 hours ago in Platforms Stores

via Science NewsUsually, to feel the influence of a magnetic field, a particle would have to pass through it. But in 1959, physicists Yakir Aharonov and David Bohm predicted that, in a specific scenario, the conventional wisdom would fail. A...

MicroPython version 1.18 released #Python @micropython

From blog.adafruit.com 20 hours ago in Platforms Stores

The MicroPython dev team has announced MicroPython, v1.18! There were 335 commits since the last release on September 2021, so there were about 2.5 commits per day since then.This release of MicroPython sees a boost to the overall performance of...

3 Things You Might Not Know About Numbers in Python #Math #Python @somacdivad

From blog.adafruit.com 20 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Three things (plus a whole lot more, maybe) that you might not have known about numbers in Python: Numbers have methods just like pretty much every other object in Python. Numbers have a hierarchy, even if that hierarchy is abused...

Check out the Python on Microcontrollers newsletter #CircuitPython #Python @micropython @ThePSF

From blog.adafruit.com 20 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Interested in Python? Especially on small devices? With the Python on Microcontrollers newsletter, you get all the latest information in one place! The Python on Microcontrollers newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware. It arrives...

Why was the Amiga so awesome? #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

From blog.adafruit.com 20 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Dave Poo 2 on YouTube takes a look at why the Commodore Amiga was just an awesome computer. This is from a hardware perspective and includes quotes from the designer, Jay Miner. The Jay Miner quotes are taken from 2...

A DIY Stand For Eurorack Synthesizers #MusicMonday

From blog.adafruit.com 21 hours ago in Platforms Stores

A low-cost stand for a Eurorack, from Cereal Killer. Here’s more from Synthopia:The stand is a 4-tier design, tailored to the width of the Behringer Neutron. But as noted in the video, the design could easily be adapted to hold...

UNM’s VolCAN Team Collects Uncontaminated Gases from Active Colcanic Eruption #drone #droneday

From blog.adafruit.com 21 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Incredibly exciting news from UNM – cheers to the VolCAN team!As the research team directed the UNM-programmed autonomous drones into the gas plumes, they protected themselves from the noxious gases by donning military-grade gas masks. But their risky efforts were...

Adding LEDs to a Cross-Stitch Picture

From blog.adafruit.com 21 hours ago in Platforms Stores

What a fun, great-looking project from Rebecca Deprey up on Hackster.io.Over the past year, I’ve been working on cross-stitch projects in the evenings as a way to relax. I recently came across the Arduino LilyPad and was curious about using...