The Last Woman to Win a Nobel Prize in Physics Did the Work Without Being Paid

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

Great story from Atlas Obscura. In 1963, Maria Goeppert Mayer won the Nobel Prize for Physics. She was the second woman ever to win the prize. The first was Marie Curie, who won in 1903. The third woman to win is Donna Strickland, who was awarded the prize today for...

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CircuitPython 7.3.0 Release Candidate 1 Released! @circuitpython

From blog.adafruit.com 16 hours ago in Platforms Stores

From the GitHub release page:This is CircuitPython 7.3.0-rc.1, the second release candidate for CircuitPython 7.3.0. It is considered stable, and is available as a release candidate for testing before the final release of 7.3.0.Notable changes to 7.3.0 since 7.2.5 Experimental...

JP’s Product Pick of the Week 5/17/22 ESP32-S2 QT Py WiFi Dev Board @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #newproductpick

From blog.adafruit.com 18 hours ago in Platforms Stores

If you missed this week’s livestream of John Park’s Product Pick of the Week, not to worry, here’s the video. This week’s pick is the ESP32-S2 QT Py WiFi Dev Board w STEMMA QT! Watch the video to find out...

Silicon Zoo: artwork etched in silicon chips #Art #Microscopy

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

We know the A-Team is hiding out somewhere in the Los Angeles underground, but Mr. T has taken it to an extreme by shrinking himself and disappearing into an integrated circuit. He’s not alone, dozens of silicon chip dies have...

A Python Lunar Landing game using the turtle module #Python @s_gruppetta_ct

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

How difficult can it be to land on the moon? No idea? All I know is that it’s not that easy landing the lunar module in this Python turtle game.The lunar module starts in a spot in the top-left corner...

NEW GUIDE: Wireless LED Maracas #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit @BlitzCityDIY

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

A new guide today in the Adafruit Learning System: Wireless LED MaracasWireless LEDs look magical but what do they sound like? In this project, you’ll build some maracas with the wireless LEDs acting as both the visual and aural component. You can...

SKELETONICS Amazing demo of a robot expands human body #WearableWednesday

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

This exosuit looks ready to fight aliens or dance it out at Burning Man. Rad demo of a 3 meter tall robot suit from ロボットスタート株式会社 on YouTube:3m tall body expansion robot “Skeletonics” has released a powerful demo! Experience superhuman sports...

REMINDER: SHOW and TELL 5/18/2022 with @johnedgarpark #ShowandTell @adafruit

From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in Platforms Stores

The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! 5/18/2022 at 7:30pm Eastern. video. Hosted this week by John Park.

NEW GUIDE: Raspberry Pi Stock Alert Alarm @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #raspberrypi

From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Hunting for a Raspberry Pi? This Learn Guide shows you how to build this project to help — it uses a Feather board over WiFi to check for in-stock alerts at Adafruit and then raises the alarm when there are...

NEW GUIDE: Adafruit 2.7″ eInk Display Breakouts and Shields #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit @CircuitPython @MakerMelissa

From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in Platforms Stores

A new guide in the Adafruit Learning System: Adafruit 2.7″ eInk Display Breakouts and Shields. Easy e-paper finally comes to microcontrollers with these breakouts and shields that are designed to make it a breeze to add a tri-color eInk display. Chances...

Keyboard Layouter Plugin for KiCad #KiCad #Keyboards @daraku__neko

From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Keyboard Layouter is a plugin for KiCad (pcbnew). This plugin places switch footprints in the location specified by JSON of Keyboard Layout Editor.It is confirmed that it works with pcbnew version (6.0.0) release build on Windows.Check it out on GitHub.