Run like an animal with Bionic Boots #Biomimicry

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

Via Popular ScienceFor 25 years, inventor Keahi Seymour has dreamed of running with the speed and loping gait of an animal. His inspiration struck at age 12, while he was watching a program about kangaroos. “The announcer said it moves at such an efficient gait by using its Achilles tendons...

Articles from Adafruit Industries

The founder of Teenage Engineering opens up to his creative space @adafruit #adafruit #teenageengineering

From blog.adafruit.com 4 hours ago in Platforms Stores

This article from Scandinavian MIND gets inside the mind and 18th-century Stockholm home of Jesper Kouthoofd — founder of the design firm Teenage Engineering that has given us such classics as the calculator-sized Pocket Operator synth/drum machine line and the...

What Is the First Science Fiction Story? #SciFiSunday

From blog.adafruit.com 4 hours ago in Platforms Stores

What is the first science fiction story? Some say the first science fiction story is the True History by Lucien of Samosata, in which a ship is brought by a cyclone up into the sky, where it sails in among...

What Glues to Use in Mixed Media Art?

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

In this Mixed Media Masters video, artist Spider Graham goes over many of the glues that are best to use for mixed media and paper-based art. He discusses glue sticks, glue pens, PVA glues, rubber cement, glue dots, and spray...

Make Your Own Animation Machine with Cardboard

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

We absolutely love building with cardboard (here’s the proof). Like John Park said in his Cardboard Fundamentals guide, cardboard is awesome. This ubiquitous material is inexpensive (or free if you keep your old shipping boxes), sturdy, and easy to work...

Overcoming Miniature Painter’s Block #SciFiSunday

From blog.adafruit.com 9 hours ago in Platforms Stores

I really enjoyed this 52 Miniatures video where Alex talks about a 2 year painter’s block he had over his Stargrave warband. As a miniature painter myself, I can relate a lot of this. I love some of the ideas...

LEGO Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #SciFiSunday

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

When it comes to maker projects, there’s no shortage of Stark Trek and LEGO overlap. But hey, that’s because sometimes things just work well together! One of our favorite recent LEGO/Star Trek combos is this video from Jason Alan Dewey.I...

The Process of Making Billiard Cues

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

Recently I’ve been watching a lot of these Process X videos showing handcrafted production work from various countries. A lot of this work is so inspiring.In this video, Japanese craftspeople create turned billiard cues with inlaid designs. Mesmerizing stuff.

One step closer to Metro M7 feat. iMX RT1011 and ESP32!

From blog.adafruit.com 22 hours ago in Platforms Stores

The first board of a new chip series is always the toughest because we have to figure out all the gotchas and testing techniques. Like, we’re pretty good at spinning RP2040 and ESP32 boards up at this point, but this...

How Micro Drill Bits Are Made

From blog.adafruit.com 22 hours ago in Platforms Stores

How many times have you asked yourself: “I wonder how micro drill bits are made!” OK, maybe never. But you’ll never need to ask after watching this Science Channel video.

Will AI Help Us Find Alien Life? #SpaceSaturday

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in Platforms Stores

Imagine reading the headline “AI Has Found Potential Alien ‘Technosignatures’ Hidden in Radio Signals From Space.” Or rather don’t imagine, just read the headline, because that headline most certainly exists, although it may not be time to worry about Skynet...