Illustrations from an Arabic Machine Manuscript – c.1700

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Some fascinating inventions from a ancient Turkish polymath. Reminscant of Da Vinci; some of Ismail al-Jazari‘s diagrams are practical some are a bit fantastical. From Open Culture.A resident of Diyar-Bakir, in modern-day Turkey, he was employed as a court engineer, and indeed, proved to be the finest engineer for which...

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NPR Shares a Summer Reading List

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NPR shares a summer reading list that has something for everyone. So whether you’re on the couch enjoying the AC or sitting on the beach enjoying the sun, these titles will add to your summer fun.Memorial Day is often considered...

A Robot Snake Will Explore Distant Moons #SpaceSaturday

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Robots aren’t just for doing parkour in warehouses anymore. NASA is working on a robotic snake that may explore the frozen caves of distant moons. Here’s more form Astronomy Now:…how about a multi-segment snake-like robot capable of slithering its way...

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New nEw NEWs is Adafruit’s weekly newsletter that features new products, special offers and more. Sign up at Adafruit.com/Newsletter, by clicking “Newsletter Settings” in your Adafruit account or at mailchi.mp/adafruit/new-products-newsletterNew subscribers with an Adafruit account automatically receive a 10% discount...

Top 50 Vehicles & Builds In Zelda TotK

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If you aren’t familiar, a new Legend of Zelda game was released – Tears of the Kingdom. One of the key features of the game is a building system with intricate physics.In barely two weeks it is humbling to see...

A View of Mars’ Belva Crater

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Earlier this month NASA published a view of Belva Crater on Mars created with data from the Mastcam-Z instrument on Perseverance which we highly recommend you zoom in on:The Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently collected 152 images...

New Products 5/24/23 Feat. Adafruit Mini I2C Gamepad with seesaw – STEMMA QT / Qwiic!

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We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here:NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKAdafruit 1.14″ 240×135 Color TFT Display + MicroSD Card Breakout – ST7789Say hello to our 1.14″ 240×135 Color TFT Display w/ MicroSD Card Breakout – we think it’s...

Installing PyTorch on the Raspberry Pi

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PiUpMyLife shares how to install PyTorch.Pytorch is a machine-learning library developed by Meta and is based on the Torch library. You can use this library on your Raspberry Pi for natural language processing and computer vision. Best of all, you...

This Laser-Cut Raspberry Pi Media Control System #piday #raspberrypi

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With the muted colors and wood accents, this media controller looks like it came straight from the 70s. It is also installed right into the desk. Originally shared on Medium, picked up by Hackster.io:The heart of the project, as Martin...

New Products 5/26/2023 Featuring Adafruit Mini I2C Gamepad with seesaw – STEMMA QT / Qwiic! (Video!)

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New Products 5/26/2023 Featuring Adafruit Mini I2C Gamepad with seesaw – STEMMA QT / Qwiic! (Video) Adafruit 1.14″ 240×135 Color TFT Display + MicroSD Card Breakout – ST7789 (0:10) TinyS3 ESP32-S3 with u.FL by Unexpected Maker (1:09) ProS3 ESP32-S3 with...

The Magic of Prime Numbers

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Prime numbers have been a lifelong obsession of mathematician James Maynard, winner of the prestigious Fields Medal. Maynard provided insights on prime numbers at a the fourth public lecture for the Institute in the Science Museum’s IMAX theatre. Here’s more...