Business4you2me

This is such a great project! Check it out, from Team MakersUPV: Mireia Flores, Isabel Fernández Palou, Javier Poveda, Pablo Fernández Silva, Jaime Laborda up on Hackster.io. Why this project? Currently there are on the market two types of pill dispensers: non-electric and automatic ones. Although the majority of them have a reminder mechanism...

Smart Pill Dispenser

Rock Out to Science Songs #MusicMonday

Check out this playlist from Scientific American on Spotify for ~2 hours of science songs! Lesser known songs inspired by science, curated by Scientific American. Pixies, Gary Numan, Kate Bush, British Sea Power and more Listen! from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3b4B3zf via...

Rock Out to Science Songs #MusicMonday

Women’s History Month 2021 #WHM21 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

Happy Women’s History Month! All through March we will be celebrating women who have made an impact. From celebrities of their time to some overlooked heroes, join in as we post Monday through Friday. You can also follow along on social media with #WHM21 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM Last year was the 100th anniversary of the 19th Ammendment....

Women’s History Month 2021 #WHM21 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

New “metalens” shifts focus without tilting or moving

MIT researchers fabricated a new lens that shifts focus without physically tilting or shifting. The design may improve on existing zoom lenses. Rather than relying on a material’s fixed curvature to direct light, the researchers looked to modify GSST-based metalens in a way that the focal length changes with the material’s phase. In their...

New “metalens” shifts focus without tilting or moving

How Trump has shaken Gen Z and millennial faith in democracy

MSNBC’s host of “American Voices” Alicia Menendez takes a look at the two largest generations in America and why now is the time for Democrats to win them over by proving government can work. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2NEicCl via IFT...

Gov. Cuomo apologizes for comments 'misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation'

In a statement, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo apologized for comments 'misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation.' This comes after multiple allegations of sexual harassment. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2ZWQC5N via IFT...

A Wall-Mounted Electronic Sound Sculpture

Sam Battle of Look Mum No Computer asked electronics sculptor, Eirik Brandal, to create something for the synth and sound museum that Sam is building. This is the lovely piece that Eirik sent over. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3suJmtY via IFT...

Trump declares his political journey is ‘far from over’

Former President Donald Trump spoke for the first time since leaving the White House at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump revived false claims denying the reality of 2020 and said his political journey is "far from over." from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3bFVFg8 via IFT...

Cuomo faces second sexual harassment allegation, calls for independent review

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing a second sexual harassment allegation after 25-year-old Charlotte Bennett stated Cuomo was asking uncomfortable questions about her private life while alone in his office. NBC's Lindsey Reiser reports. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3dW3AJg via IFT...

CA Rep. Katie Porter: 'Kids in single parent households need this help more'

The coronavirus crisis is shining a bright spotlight on the inequities of society and has taken a disproportionate toll on women. Single moms working low-wage jobs have been hit especially hard. MSNBC’s host of "American Voices" Alicia Menendez speaks with California Democratic Congresswoman Katie Porter about how Pres. Biden’s “American Rescue Plan” can go further to support struggling single parents. from MSNBC Top Stories...

Could space greenhouses solve Earth’s food crisis?

Would greenhouses in outer space change how we view crops and food? via SPACE “There have been many published papers over the years showing specific instances where, in the harsh environment [of space], some interesting biomass products emerge that can do quite well even in desert conditions,” Manber told Space.com. “These plants evolve...

Could space greenhouses solve Earth’s food crisis?

This New Image of Venus Shouldn’t Actually Exist #photography

On its journey to the sun the Parker Solar Probe captured this great picture of Venus. The NASA team was a bit surprised because they didn’t know that the specialized camera would pick up near-infrared wavelengths of light. Via Gizmodo: That WISPR can do this comes as a complete surprise to the Parker team, according to Angelos Vourlidas,...

This New Image of Venus Shouldn’t Actually Exist #photography

The Miniatures of Duncan Jones’ Film, Moon #SciFiSunday

This 12-minute video features model-makers Bill Pearson and Steve Howarth talking about the buildings and vehicles they created for Duncan Jones’ 2009 film, Moon. It’s always so cool when model-makers point out all of the common materials and junk that they turned into believable movie magic. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/37URZGe via IFT...

The Miniatures of Duncan Jones’ Film, Moon #SciFiSunday

Trump's CPAC speech is political arsenic designed to poison the GOP

This Sunday, Trump will rally conservatives to himself, lacing every sentence with political arsenic. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3pXoutD via IFT...

David Friedman’s Adventures in Stereograms

David Friedman’s Adventures in Stereograms covers the 90’s, Scott Pakin’s experiments, Young Rival’s Black is Good and is for anyone who ever insisted on looking through that one friend’s entire stack of stereogram books, the folks who adorned their walls with Magic Eye posters. Or really anyone who has ever been enthralled by a stereogram: All...

David Friedman’s Adventures in Stereograms

Johnson & Johnson's single-shot Covid vaccine cleared for emergency use in U.S.

In what is being deemed a game-changer in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the FDA cleared the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for emergency use. The one-dose vaccine can be stored at standard refrigeration temperatures for up to three months, and shipments are expected to begin as soon as Monday. MSNBC’s Alicia Menendez covers this breaking news with Director of the Special Pathogens Unit at Boston Medical Center, Dr. Nahid...

House advances Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-relief plan

Late last night, the House passed President Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid-relief package mostly along party lines. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) joins NBC’s Joshua Johnson to discuss what’s in the stimulus package and when the Senate is expected to hold a vote. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3r11YSc via IFT...

U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia put to the test following Khashoggi report

Saudi Arabia has condemned a newly released federal report blaming the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mr. Khashoggi had been a vocal critic of the Saudi royal family. He was killed at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018. President Biden is now under pressure to sanction the Crown Prince, as he tries to redefine America’s relationship with the Kingdom. NBC’s Joshua Johnson...

Heather McGhee on the devastating economic cost of racism

In her new book, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,” Heather McGhee examines the self-destructive bargain of white supremacy and how much we've lost economically as a country due to racism. She says, “it's this idea that government is on the side of people of color” that sparks fear and anti-government attitudes in white voters who vote against their interests just to make sure others don’t...

Director Ava Duvernay launches a new database to diversify Hollywood production personnel

Last week, Award-Winning Director Ava Duvernay launched Array Crew, a personnel database aimed at increasing representation for women, people of color, and other underrepresented groups ‘behind the camera’. Ava Duvernay joins NBC’s Joshua Johnson for a conversation about her new initiative and Hollywood’s inclusion problem. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2NPAUGW via IFT...

Pandemic All-Star game? Loeffler selling WNBA team? Political sports talk with Cross and friends

The NBA All-Star game being held despite the pandemic, and former U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler selling her former WNBA team are analyzed by sports experts Cari Champion and Jemele Hill, cohosts of Vice TV’s, ‘Cari & Jemele (Won't) Stick To Sports.’ from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2ZV6cPl via IFT...

суббота, 27 февраля 2021 г.

Star Wars Experts Answer More Questions From Twitter #SciFiSunday

Super fun video from WIRED. (Part 1 here) Alex and Mollie Damon from the YouTube channel “Star Wars Explained” answer even more of Twitter’s burning questions about the Star Wars universe. Are the stormtroopers from the original trilogy clones? Do you need to know Star Wars to watch The Mandalorian? If the Jedi are so strong, why are there so few of them? Alex and Mollie answer all these questions and much, much more! Read...

Star Wars Experts Answer More Questions From Twitter #SciFiSunday

Dollar Store Build Challenges and a Scratch-Built Snow Droid

For my jobs as a blogger and a tips-meister, I watch a lot of YouTube videos. So, I notice emerging trends. One trend I’ve been seeing a lot of in the COVID age is more build challenges between Tubers. Increasingly, those challenges seem to involve dollar store purchases. These are particularly among a range of maker subcultures — Dungeon crafters, model makers, diorama builders, home decor, and general crafters. Some of these...

Dollar Store Build Challenges and a Scratch-Built Snow Droid

FDA grants emergency use authorization to Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine making it the third vaccine the U.S. can use to fight the ongoing pandemic. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3uxp2dg via IFT...

Rev. Al Sharpton's exclusive interview with VP Kamala Harris

Rev. Al Sharpton is joined by Vice President Kamala Harris in an exclusive interview. The female first talks the significance of Black History Month, the impact of coronavirus on communities of color, and the safety of getting the vaccine. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/37Wh0kF via IFT...

Resistance Resilience, an Exhibition of Contemporary Black Protest Art that Celebrates the Strength, Triumph, and Beauty of Black Identity and Activism #celebratephotography

Tariq Dixon curated this incredible exhibit featuring works from Amandla Baraka, Anthony Geathers, Braylen Dion, Felicita Felli Maynard, Gregory Prescott , Joanne Petit-Frère, Mahaneela Choudhury-Reid, Myesha Evon Gardner, Quan Brinson, Sean Pressley and Vanessa Charlot: 25% of sales from all artworks sold this year will go donated to the...

Laser Cut Articulated Camera Arm

Handy project from Jeremy Cook on Hackster.io: Articulated camera arm fastens down to a 2×4, and allows you to position your camera in “infinite” positions. Nominally cut with a laser cutter and 3D-printed. Could also be made manually, or with just a laser cutter or 3D printer by itself… Though using a printer would take a looonng time. Read more and see more on YouTube from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists,...

Laser Cut Articulated Camera Arm

Black Hole Cygnus X-1 Larger then Expected

Cygnus X-1 was the first black hole discovered in 1964. Its distance is around 6000 light years and is 16 times the mass of our Sun. via SyFy But Cygnus X-1 is special. It was the first. The first ever detected, that is, and is still one of the closest we know. But new observations show that a few things we thought we knew about it weren’t...

Black Hole Cygnus X-1 Larger then Expected

NYT: FBI has singled out potential suspect in death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick

Former federal prosecutor Paul Butler joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss “evidence of advanced planning” by Capitol rioters to harm police officers using irritants like bear spray that reportedly led to the death of Officer Sicknick. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3bHUehj via IFT...

Brian Williams: Never forget the deadly cost of Covid denialism

One year later and over 500,000 lives lost in America, MSNBC's Brian Williams looks at the impact on the nation from those who denied the deadly risk Covid-19 poses. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3dLRq5A via IFT...

Republican freakout over 2020 election losses sparks war on voting in several states

Ali Velshi reports on a variety of measures state-level Republicans are promoting to make voting more difficult, absent any governing ideas to earn more votes and win elections honorably. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/37NCFeL via IFT...

пятница, 26 февраля 2021 г.

Untangling Oumuamua #SpaceSaturday

Remember when a unique interstellar object entered our solar system and then accelerated away? And we called it Oumuamua? And for a moment we thought it might be an alien ship? And then we all forgot because 2020 happened? Israeli-American physicist Are Loeb remembered, and he’s published a book exploring the possibilities of just what the...

Untangling Oumuamua #SpaceSaturday

WH reiterates support for Neera Tanden: ‘She is more than qualified for this position’

Karine Jean-Pierre, Principal Deputy White House Press Secretary, speaks with Nicolle Wallace about Neera Tanden’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Biden’s trip to Texas, and a third vaccine being recommended by the FDA for emergency use authorization from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3aZZmhI via IFT...

Rep. Bush: Minimum wage hike could be ‘difference between life and death’ for some

“We’re talking about $15, Chris. We’re not talking about making anybody rich. This is the difference between life and death for people,” says Rep. Cori Bush on the need for a minimum wage increase. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2O6C5BC via IFT...

Hayes: The only way to end forever war is to stop bombing other countries

“Each individual action or reaction has some kind of plausible justification. But when you add them up to the aggregate, you get a kind of collective madness, which is us at war for 20 straight years,” says Chris Hayes on the U.S. tradition of forever war. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3dSvsxM via IFT...

Restoring a 1956 Nylint Electronic Cannon Truck

I love watching toy restoration videos. What I don’t often see is restoration of electronic toys. In this video, they bring a pretty amazing (and rare) Nylint Electronic Cannon Truck from 1956 back to life. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3q2mdNQ via IFT...

Restoring a 1956 Nylint Electronic Cannon Truck

Dr. Fauci says ‘ethical constraints’ have been put in place to make sure the vaccine is safe

A ReidOut viewer asked with the controversy surrounding the Tuskegee experiment, how can we be assured the real vaccine is being shipped to our communities? Dr. Fauci explains how ethical constraints have been "put in place that would make a repetition of that basically impossible." from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3kpvmyY via IFT...

10 Underrated Cyberpunk Adult Anime Series #cyberpunk

This episode of Marvelous Videos looks at ten different anime series and movie shorts collection that may not be on your radar. They are all cyberpunk or cyberpunk adjacent in theme and look. They include Parasite Dolls (set in the Bubblegum Crisis universe), Cyber City Oedo 808, The Animatrix, and Black Magic M-66. They all deal in adult themes and often hyper-violence and gore. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers,...

Joy Reid on the new brand of Republicanism: The mainstream of the party is full of ‘idolatry’ of Donald Trump

Host of the “The ReidOut” Joy Reid speaks with Nicolle Wallace about the current state of the Republican party with the first day of CPAC underway, where attendees cheered for a golden Trump statue from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2NMUFyV via IFT...

Top Biden climate advisers meet with airline CEOs

The CEOs of major U.S. airlines, including American, United and Delta, are meeting virtually with two of the president's TOP climate advisers. It's all about reducing carbon emissions in air travel. Joining Katy Tur to discuss is United Airlines CCO Josh Earnest. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3swotyK via IFT...

10 Underrated Cyberpunk Adult Anime Series #cyberpunk

State Dept. issues response to Intelligence report findings on Khashoggi's murder

The US.. Intel community has made public its report on the killing of journalist and American resident Jamal Khashoggi. It determines the Saudi Crown Prince gave the go-ahead and approved the murder. Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post National Security Correspondent Greg Miller, and NBC News Chief Foreign correspondent Richard Engel, join Katy Tur to discuss. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3pZ3ToW via...

Moderna co-founder on new vaccines and profiting during the pandemic

In an exclusive interview, MSNBC's Ari Melber is joined by Moderna's co-founder and chairman Noubar Afeyan to discuss the emergence of new variants of the coronavirus and the staggering profits Moderna is making as the pandemic progresses. Moderna is on track to make $18 billion this year. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3q0nepR via IFT...

Matthew Dowd: We ‘haven’t had a president with empathy in four years’

Founder of Country Over Party Matthew Dowd and NBC News correspondent Mike Memoli discuss President Biden’s display of empathy with his visit to Texas in its time of crisis, and how that was missing from the former administration from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3dRW9mq via IFT...

четверг, 25 февраля 2021 г.

Raspberry Pi Makes LEGO Minifigures Play Music @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi

LEGO won’t let Daft Punk break up. In fact, Raspberry Pi can make Daft Punk minifigures, or any LEGO minigure, play its own music. Here’s more from Raspberry Pi Blog: After some poking around, Dennis realised that the LEGO Dimensions toy pad is a three-in-one NFC reader with its own light show. He hooked it up to a Raspberry Pi and developed...

Dr. Aprille Ericsson-Jackson – Black History Month 2021 #BlackHistoryMonth

Today we celebrate Dr. Aprille J. Ericsson-Jackson, an American aerospace engineer and the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D in mechanical engineering from Howard University and the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Here’s more from the USA Science and...

Happy 9th Birthday Raspberry Pi! #RaspberryPi @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay

Raspberry Pi turns 9 this year! Although we can’t Jam this year, we can get together virtually to make exciting Raspberry Pi projects from home! Check out these awesome Raspberry Pi projects, including some using Python and Scratch. New to Raspberry Pi? Get started with our Raspberry Pi Gift Guide Don’t forget to check out the Adafruit blog,...

Happy 9th Birthday Raspberry Pi! #RaspberryPi @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay

Biden’s new energy secretary on why she’s ‘obsessed’ with creating green jobs

“I am all about bringing clean energy jobs, especially to communities that have relied … on a product that is based on oil and gas,” Jennifer Granholm tells Chris Hayes just hours after her confirmation as Secretary of the Department of Energy. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2ZTLoYy via IFT...

GOP mayor of Oklahoma City argues for Covid relief opposed by Okla. GOP in Congress

“To not support cities or states at all is a totally unreasonable position. Because whether you’re a red state or a blue state, a red mayor or a blue mayor, your revenues are down, and your services are suffering as a result,” says David Holt, the Republican mayor of Oklahoma City, discussing the need for Covid relief. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2NEMSDn via IFT...

Simple DIY Leather-Bound Pocket Notebooks

I enjoyed watching this video of Jimmy DiResta making some gorgeous leather-bound Cahiers-type pocket notebooks. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3aV7QXl via IFT...

MicroSD Card Wallet #3DThursday #3DPrinting

This slide wallet is an excellent solution for those managing microSD cards on the go. From aerobatflyer on Thingiverse: This is a simple MicroSD Card Wallet designed to hold 12 cards Download the files and learn more Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid...

Simple DIY Leather-Bound Pocket Notebooks

MicroSD Card Wallet #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Senate Parliamentarian rules that minimum wage increase cannot be included in covid relief bill

The Senate Parliamentarian ruled that the minimum wage is "merely incidental" and cannot be included in the covid relief bill. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3aV5qrJ via IFT...

Historic: Congress amends MLK's Civil Rights Act

After Illinois Congresswoman Marie Newman placed a transgender flag outside of her office and advocated for the Equality Act on the House floor, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted an anti-transgender sign outside of her office – directly across the hall from Newman’s. Rep. Newman joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber to discuss the historic passing of the Equality Act, which prohibits discrimination against people based on sexual orientation...

Tim O’Brien: Cy Vance has ‘much more’ than Trump’s tax returns

Bloomberg Opinion senior columnist Tim O’Brien explains what the investigation into Trump’s finances could look like now that Manhattan district attorney Cy Vance is in possession of the former president’s tax returns from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3uyFaeE via IFT...

Pandemic poverty surges as billionaires profit in Covid-19 era

From health to the economy, the coronavirus has had an unequal impact on American families. MSNBC’s Ari Melber explains how these hardships are the context for an ongoing debate over upping the minimum wage to $15, a plan in Biden’s coronavirus bill that might get gutted before the final passage due to GOP opposition. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2ZOtZjO via IFT...

Lamborghini Countach Duplo #3DPrinting #3DThursday

nekromonger shared this project on Thingiverse! Lamborghini Countach Duplo compatible I took the bottom part from the Delorean Duplo and mounted it under the Lamborghini body. The Lamborghini body is heavily distorted. Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4731572 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D...

Lamborghini Countach Duplo #3DPrinting #3DThursday

U.S. carries out air strike in Syria against Iranian-backed militia

The U.S. military has carried out an airstrike in Syria against facilities used by Iranian-back militia, a defense official told NBC News. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3urRltA via IFT...

Dr. Ezekial Emanuel says we need a serious discussion on postponing second doses

Washington Post Senior Washington Correspondent Philip Rucker, University of Pennsylvania Vice Provost of Global Initiatives, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, And the Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children’s Hospital, Dr. Peter Hotez join Katy Tur for a panel discussion on everything from new Covid variants to third vaccine shots. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3klTu5y via IFT...

Rep. Porter talks minimum wage: 'If we do not, for some reason, get this done via the budget reconciliation, House Democrats will bring this up independently.'

California representative Katie Porter says that raising the minimum wage is a gender issue, and that raising the wage is long overdue. She joins Katy Tur to discuss. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3sufm1y via IFT...

Organize your shoes – 2021 version #3DThursday #3DPrinting