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

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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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Making an Automated Coffee Delivery System

From blog.adafruit.com 5 hours ago in Platforms Stores

We all know about the holy grail of domestic robotics: getting a robot to deliver you a soda or beer from the fridge. But how about a robotized model train to automatically deliver your espresso, all the way from the...

New battery seems to offer it all: Lithium-metal/lithium-air electrodes

From blog.adafruit.com 6 hours ago in Platforms Stores

We know them and love them, lithium batteries power the modern world. But they don’t come without there own set of challenges. New research is showing some promising results with the use of lithium-air. Via ArsTechnica:But a recent paper describes...

A History of Ballon Panic via The History Guy

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The History Guy shared on YouTube:Shootin’ Balloons: A History of Balloon PanicHow often do we have to call out the military to shoot down balloons? More often than you might think. Some notable stories of balloons gone rogue, drawing military...

DIY NeoPixel Earrings #WearableWednesday

From blog.adafruit.com 8 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Here’s a fun, relatively simple wearable project using Adafruit Neopixels from Alison Yang via hackster.io:Inspired by the projects of Geek Mom Projects and MakeFashion, I got some ideas in mind to make wearable projects. As a huge fan of earrings,...

How Do You Use the –SEED Parameter in Midjourney?

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Christian Heidorn has an inforamtive video on how to use the –SEED parameter in Midjourney AI to get more consistent results from your output.One of the things a lot of newbies struggle with in Midjourney is the ability to maintain...

JP’s Product Pick of the Week 2/7/23 MiniBoost 5V 1A TPS61023 @adafruit @johnedgarpark

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If you missed this week’s livestream of John Park’s Product Pick(s) of the Week, not to worry, here’s the video. This week’s pick is the Adafruit MiniBoost 5V 1A – TPS61023! Watch the video to find out about the Adafruit...

The technology behind GitHub’s new code search @GitHub

From blog.adafruit.com 10 hours ago in Platforms Stores

From launching the technology preview of the new and improved code search experience a year ago, to the public beta released at GitHub Universe last November, there’s been a flurry of innovation and dramatic changes to some of the core GitHub product...

A new PDP-10 is put on the internet for free access #VintageComputing @sdf_pubnix

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The Super Dimension Fortress (SDF) is a networked community of free software authors, teachers, librarians, students, researchers, hobbyists, computer enthusiasts, the aural and visually impaired. It is operated as a recognized non-profit 501(c)(7) and is supported by its members.They just...

NASA’s New Artemis Landing, Recovery Lead: Lili Villarreal #Space #WomenInSTEM @NASA

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When Lili Villarreal was 7 years old, her family went to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. From that moment on, Villarreal was hooked on space exploration. Villareal recently was named NASA’s Artemis II landing and recovery director in the...

IcyBlue Feather: a battery powered FPGA board #Feather #FPGA @oakdevtech @hacksterio

From blog.adafruit.com 12 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Oak Development Technologies has opened pre-orders for a compact dev board designed to ease users into working with FPGAs. Built around a Lattice Semi ICE5LP4K FPGA, the IcyBlue Feather is a Feather-format development board which looks to lower barriers to...