The Strontium On Your Teeth Knows Where You’ve Been

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

How the Strontium on your teeth reveals where you’ve been. via SciShow Your teeth contain traces of strontium isotopes that can reveal where you lived while they were forming.

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Radio-Interconnected Fire Alarms

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

Last week, well-known maker, Andy Birkey, had a fire in his workshop that destroyed it completely. He is now starting to dig out from the rubble to rebuild his work life. Friends and colleagues have created a GoFundMe to help...

UPDATED GUIDE: Adafruit Mini TFT – 0.96″ 160×80 #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit @CircuitPython @MakerMelissa

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

The Adafruit Mini TFT – 0.96″ 160×80 guide has been updated to include the newer Revision B of the Adafruit 0.96″ 160×80 Color TFT Display , which has slightly different initialization code.It’s the size of your thumbnail, with glorious 160×80...

Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio #ArtTuesday

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

The Museum of Modern Art lets visitors experience how an international team of designers, craftspeople, and animation artists in Portland, Oregon, Guadalajara, Mexico, and Altrincham, England brought Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinnochio to life.Opening with classic and contemporary editions and interpretations...

How Big was The Suspected Spy Ballon?

From blog.adafruit.com 11 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Reports are coming in that mysterious balloon that floated across the continent was 200 ft in diameter. Without a little reference its hard to know exactly how big 200 ft is. Its pretty big though. This graphic from NBC provides...

JP’s Product Pick of the Week — 4pm Eastern TODAY! 2/7/23 @adafruit #adafruit #newproductpick

From blog.adafruit.com 11 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, TODAY!Check out the livestream right here inside this product page — you won’t want...

A black and gold finish binary watch #Wearables #Watch #Arduino

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

A number of binary watches have been made over the years, with the latest one by Instructables user Taifur.I focused on the aesthetic of the PCB as I am going to keep it open from any type of casing. Intentionally...

A Rust library for the SHT31-D sensor #Rust #Sensors

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

User FloppyDisck in the Adafruit forums let us know about a SHT31 temperature and humidity sensor cargo driver for Rust.The default sensor usage includes a blocking sensor read that blocks the current thread until the sensor does a reading. There...

Tutorial: NeoPixel Novelty Cufflinks with Scrolling Text & Images

From blog.adafruit.com 13 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Check out the latest tutorial from Erin St. Blaine: NeoPixel Novelty Cufflinks with scrolling text.Full tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixel-novelty-cufflinks-with-scrolling-text/overviewIn this tutorial, we’ll show you how to make your very own Neopixel Novelty Cufflinks using Adafruit’s QT Py RP2040 and a NeoPixel 5×5...

Wangechi Mutu’s Fantastical Sculptures #ArtTuesday

From blog.adafruit.com 13 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Wangechi Mutu with her sculpture “Water Woman” (2017)The fantastic, visionary art of Wangechi Mutu is being shown at the Storm King Arts Center. Here’s more from the New York Times:Wangechi Mutu, the Kenyan-born multidisciplinary artist best known for her clay...

New Guide: Moana Heart of TeFiti 3d Printed Necklace with Glowing nOOds

From blog.adafruit.com 13 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Bring the magic of the movie Moana to life with this DIY Heart of Te Fiti necklace tutorial by Erin St Blaine.This tutorial will guide you through the process of creating a glowing Heart of Te Fiti necklace using Adafruit’s...