How to Use DIY Tech to Help the Blind Sense Distance #Arduino #WearableWednesday

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I’ve seen some projects that use ultrasonic sensors for those that are visually impaired, but I’m extra impressed by this one by Shahrul Nizam coming to us from Selangor, Malaysia. The main components are an ATmega 328, an HC-SR04 sensor, an LCD, and a buzzer. I was curious about using an LCD,...

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Climate Related Books and Podcast Recommendations from Youth Climate Activists

From blog.adafruit.com 17 hours ago in Platforms Stores

TED published these recommendations back in April. If you’re looking to pick up a new book or start a new podcast give one of these recommendations a try!The health of our planet depends on all of us, and perhaps no...

Picsart Announces AI Enhance

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

Picsart recently unveiled AI Enhance, an image enhancement tool that uses generative AI, via PopPhoto:Brought to you by the team behind Picsart AI Research (PAIR), these industry leading image upscaling tools will improve the overall quality of an image for...

New Images of Distant Galactic Space Dust #SpaceSaturday

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The beauty of the dust in space, brought to you by the Herschel Space Observatory. Here’s more from Science Alert:…But stars are far from the only ingredient that makes up a galaxy. Think of them as the chunks of vegetables...

John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec: SVG to VectorIO @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #circuitpython

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Convert SVG graphics to VectorIO shapes for use with CircuitPython. Thanks to Todbot for this cool method!Uses: PathToPoints and this Python script for formattingLearn more about CircuitPython

Adafruit’s IoT Newsletter is out next week, Subscribe Now! #IoT #Newsletter

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The IoT Monthly newsletter is the best place to catch up on the latest news about the Internet of Things. We cover everything from projects to new protocols. 4,500+ readers and growing!This newsletter is only sent to your inbox once per month – don’t...

1970 Moog Demo with Wendy Carlos @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #moog

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This 1970 Moog synthesizer demo with Wendy Carlos is wonderful — from the BBC Archive:Electronic music composer Wendy Carlos – whose debut album Switched-On Bach has introduced a new audience to classical music – explains the fundamentals of electronic sound...

Adafruit’s Top 10 Blog Posts of June 2022 #StateOfTheFruit #AdafruitTopTen

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1. An EFF Investigation: Mystery GPS tracker on a supporter’s car @EFF 2.Foxconn executive discusses the dramatically scaled back project in Wisconsin #makerbusiness 3.David Ahl places all his classic computing publications into the Public Domain4.This 1930s Video on How Differentials...

Touchdown: First Raspberry Pi-powered mini satellite finishes record flight #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi

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Nice article from ZDnet on the Pi Zero’s adventure in space with The Get Away Special Passive Attitude Control Satellite [GASPCAS].The first satellite to use Raspberry Pi Zero as its flight computer re-entered Earth’s atmosphere in May, completing a record...

The Great Search – Programmer/Debugger for ATSAMD21 Chips @Adafruit @DigiKey @MicrochipMakes

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This week (video) we’ve got a request from someone who didn’t manage to get a J-Link Mini EDU before the part shortage kicked in. These things were great for use for programming just about any ARM chip, and are very...

A lightweight development web server for macOS/iOS/iPad OS #Apple #Development @Iconfactory

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in Platforms Stores

The Mac and Web have a long history together. From the very beginning, Mac OS X included the ability to run an Apache web server by clicking a Start button. About a decade ago, things started to change. Since then it’s gotten harder...