This year, give the gift they really want – an Adafruit gift certificate!

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

IT’S NOT TOO LATE, GET A GIFT CERTIFICATE! Know someone who loves electronics but don’t know the difference between an XBee, a soldering iron, and a SMA to uFL/u.FL/IPX/IPEX RF Adapter Cable? Want to buy the perfect gift but don’t know whether your Maker friend is a BeagleBone fan...

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Multi-omic Microsampling

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

Researchers at Stanford Medicine have shown they can measure thousands of molecules from a single drop of blood. Here’s to hoping doctor’s appointments in the coming years are less stressful.Instead of focusing on any single protein, metabolite or inflammatory marker,...

The 403-page Dungeons & Dragons game system is now licensed under Creative Commons

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

Cool news for tabletop fans. Via Tech CrunchIt’s now official: Dungeons & Dragons is licensed under the Creative Commons. This makes the popular tabletop roleplaying game “freely available for any use,” Dungeons & Dragons executive producer Kyle Brink wrote in...

Determining the Age of Ancient Galaxies #SpaceSaturday

From blog.adafruit.com 24 hours ago in Platforms Stores

A mystery that began with a radio signal that has been traveling since almost the beginning of the universe has led astronomers on a journey of discovery that led to some of the most distant galaxies ever discovered. Here’s more...

We take apart the Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Musical Toy #BabyEinstein #takeapart #adafruit

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

We’re taking apart the Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Musical Toy, we’ll soon replace the electronics, and then the music, make it Wi-Fi enabled to transfer new songs on it, light shows and more. Probably will put The Cure on...

A new BFF with I2S audio amplifier

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

Introducing a new BFF for your tiny audio projects! This sketch-of-a-board adds a MAX98357 3W I2S amplifier to your favorite QT Py or Xiao boards.The pins have been picked to work with RP2040, ESP32 series, and nRF52840 boards. For SAMD21...

Turning a Drill Press Into a Disc Sander

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

This is such a cool idea — turning a drill press into a disc sander using a thick, CNC-cut acrylic disc, a mandrel, and adhesive-backed sanding discs.If you have access to a CNC, you could obviously do this yourself, but...

When Screens were Secondary: Mario Bellini’s TCV 250 for Olivetti

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

Fun post from Core77 that revisits Mario Bellini’s TCV 250, designed for Olivetti in 1966. It’s a good reminder that screens weren’t always front and center on our desktops. As the post points out, keyboards were much bulkier back then,...

John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec: List Filtering @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #circuitpython

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

Get more (less?) out of lists with List Filtering! To learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

A Rustic Cabin Diorama Made Out of Matchsticks and Popsicle Sticks

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

Here is your maker visual ASMR for the day. Watch as a little cabin in the woods is constructed out of wooden sticks, styrofoam, bits of tree branches and bushes, sand, and other simple materials. The results are jaw-dropping.

Physical “Spambots” Housed in Spam Cans

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

How cool is this? Artist Neil Mendoza has created a little army of 4-key literal Spambots (bots in Spam cans) that collaborate with each other and a deep learning AI to type out an altered version of Aldous Huxley’s Brave...