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From cameras worth 300,000 to microchips in mouthguards to Hawkeye overturning plays. The NFL has insane technology that is evolving every year. In this video we highlight all the NFL’s groundbreaking technology and how it continues to shape the game that we love.
This week at the Desk of Ladyada (video), we’re comin’ back from maternity leave and getting spun up with a bunch of projects. First, a fun mailbag item: the XTEInk ‘pocket’ reader running crosspoint open firmware on an ESP32-C3. Since it’s running an Espressif chip, we could also install CircuitPython or WipperSnapper on it…a great side-effect of more off-the-shelf goods coming with ESP32 chips! See also our Yoto-hacking guide on learn.
Next, we’ve been really enjoying running OpenClaw on a Pi 5 and connecting it up to Adafruit hardware to do ‘full circle’ test-driven development. We have Anthropic Opus do the datasheet parsing and design document, then ‘farm’ out the coding work to OpenAI Codex. After the driver is written, we also have it design tests to verify hardware functionality, using other GPIO pins, NeoPixels, servos, etc., to exercise the chip capability. It’s able to run tests and then fix bugs all on its own, then text me when it needs help or to alert that it’s done. It’s very slick and fun!
Finally, using that same system of coding, we had it ‘one-shot’ a miniature oscilloscope demo for the unreleased Stemma Friend from way back (well, it took a few back-and-forths to get it just how we like). Could we have coded it by hand? Probably! But we were able to guide the development and get the look and performance we wanted in about 30 minutes of prompting while also laying in bed and chillin’ with a newborn.
Running out of time and no idea what to get the ones you love? Win their hearts over with custom chocolates.
3D printing food is here and its delicious! Although we cant 3D print chocolate on our Makerbot quite yet, you can design and print your own chocolate molds just in time for Valentine’s Day. Check out the guide and create your own!
We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.
The TMP119 is the most precise-iest temperature sensor ever? 
New year, new proto! We’re getting our pants on (metaphorically) and here’s a first new proto to kick things off 
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Make your outfit shine with this customizable LED amulet. It packs a whopping 64 LEDs into a tiny space so you can go crazy with animations and effects, match any outfit, and twinkle like the star you are.
See the full guide here!
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What a Load of Filament – The Case Against 3D Printer Gun Detection
We covered New York’s proposed 3D printer legislation that would require printers to detect and refuse to print gun parts. Now Michael Weinberg, who spent years overseeing trust and safety at a major 3D printing service, has published a detailed technical breakdown of why this simply cannot work.
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I could not stop my squeal of glee when my YouTube algorithm handed me brenpoly’s BMO build. Excuse me while I 
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I built a fully functional, talking BMO from Adventure Time using a Raspberry Pi 5 and local AI models.
In this video, I break down the hardware I used, designing and assembling a 3D printed enclosure, and using Ollama to build a battery-powered, local, voice activated AI agent.
A while back the Ruiz Brothers made this cutie little BMO for the Adafruit Learning System
Physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst share their research on black holes and the fundamental nature of the universe. Check out their research published in Physical Review Letters.
In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been impossible. In fact, there are no known sources anywhere in the universe capable of producing such energy—100,000 times more than the highest-energy particle ever produced by the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator. However, a team of physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently hypothesized that something like this could happen when a special kind of black hole, called a “quasi-extremal primordial black hole,” explodes.
NASA scientists studied and analyzed over 36 million satellite images and Landsat data to track the seasonal movements of major glaciers on Earth. The study resulted in the creation of a comprehensive global dataset. Check out the study published in Science.
The research, built off the ITS_LIVE ice velocity dataset from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), reveals that seasonal glacier dynamics are becoming more pronounced as our planet warms, with the strongest seasonal variations occurring where annual maximum temperatures exceed freezing. Armed with this global perspective, researchers can continue to tease out patterns in glacial dynamics, identifying how factors including geology and hydrology impact seasonal melting.
Alex Gardner, a scientist at NASA JPL and a co-author on this study, explains how combining Landsat and radar data makes this research possible.
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