I will definitely be checking this out when the time comes!
Via Tor.com.
According to Deadline, A24 will finance and distribute the film, which will be produced by Paul Mezey. It will be Bradley’s first feature film—she has previously directed documentaries like Time and the just-released Naomi Osaka, and also worked as a second unit director for Netflix’s When they See Us.
Sower is one of Butler’s best-known novels. Set in the year 2024, it follows a young African American woman named Lauren Oya Olamina who has a condition known as hyper-empathy. She grows up in a gated community in California while the world around her and her family has begun to devolve into chaos—there’s violence on the streets, public services have been privatized, and wildfires rage out of control.
I will definitely be checking this out when the time comes!
Via Tor.com.
According to Deadline, A24 will finance and distribute the film, which will be produced by Paul Mezey. It will be Bradley’s first feature film—she has previously directed documentaries like Time and the just-released Naomi Osaka, and also worked as a second unit director for Netflix’s When they See Us.
Sower is one of Butler’s best-known novels. Set in the year 2024, it follows a young African American woman named Lauren Oya Olamina who has a condition known as hyper-empathy. She grows up in a gated community in California while the world around her and her family has begun to devolve into chaos—there’s violence on the streets, public services have been privatized, and wildfires rage out of control.
Browse through all that’s new here!
Left & Right Mecanum Wheel Pair – 48mm Diameter – TT Motor or Cross Axle (2-pack)
If you’re unfamiliar with mecanum wheels, this Matching Left & Right pack of 48mm Diameter Mecanum Wheels may resemble everyday chunky wheels Frankenstein’d out of mini hair curler rollers. In reality, they are very cool, omnidirectional wheels with rollers that are supported by ball-bearings, allowing a four-wheeled robot to move in any direction. There are nine rubber beads around the perimeter of each wheel that lets it grip the floor when moving sideways.
Seeeduino XIAO Expansion Board – Works With Adafruit QT Py
The Seeeduino XIAO Expansion Board is a great add-on board with a little-bit-of-everything. It works wonderfully with our QT Py boards so we’re stocking it for folks to plug in their SAMD21 QT Py or RP2040 QT Py. It enables prototyping in an easy and quick way and with so many hardware add-ons, you can quickly explore near-infinite possibilities of Arduino and CircuitPython with your QT Py friends.
Please note that since QT Py’s have built in reset-buttons, the onboard reset button doesn’t do anything. Just use the button on the top of our boards instead! Ditto for the SWD/SWC pins – those are connected to pogo pins but QT Py has em in a different spot. Those are the only two things that don’t work.
Etched Glow-Through Keycap – Zener ESP Waves Design – MX Compatible Switches
When we saw the classic “Zener ESP Card” designed keyboard in the awesome CHVRCHES video for the song “How Not To Drown” (ft Robert Smith!) we were smitten. So goth! So esoteric! So we got a small number of these etched-through keycaps with the 5 designs: circle, cross, waves, square and star. You don’t have to wear excessive eyeliner to snap these into your mechanical keyboard… but, hey, we’ll use any excuse.
This Glow-Through Zener Waves Etched Keycap is made with a translucent/opaque plastic that is etched to create an elegant glow-through effect. Perfect to show your emo-goth-techno-psychic cred on your next mechanical keyboard project.
Learn more! Also available in a square, star, plus sign and circle design!
Adafruit MacroPad RP2040 Enclosure + Hardware Add-on Pack
Dress up your Adafruit Macropad with PaintYourDragon’s fabulous decorative silkscreen enclosure and hardware kit. You get the two custom PCBs that are cut to act as a protective bottom plate and and a mechanically-stabilizing keyboard plate.
Use the included M3 screws to attach the bottom plate – it’s symmetric so you can decide which side you’d like to have visible. Stick the rubber feet on the bottom to protect your desk from scratches. Fit the 12 keys you’d like to install into the keyplate, they’ll snap in solidly and let you plug in all the keys at once. Finally, fit the D-shaft knob onto the encoder.
Lookin’ good and ready to keeb!
Adafruit MCP9601 (MCP96L01) I2C Thermocouple Amplifier – STEMMA QT / Qwiic
Thermocouples are very sensitive, requiring a good amplifier with a cold-compensation reference. The Adafruit MCP9601 I2C Thermocouple Breakout (a.k.a MCP96L01) does all that for you and can be easily interfaced with any microcontroller or single-board computer with I2C. Inside, the chip handles all the analog stuff for you, and can interface with just about any thermocouple type: K, J, T, N, S, E, B, and R types are all supported! You can also set various alerts for over/under temperature, and read the thermocouple (hot) temperature and the chip (cold) temperature. All this over common I2C.
This breakout board has the chip itself, a 3.3V regulator and level shifting circuitry, all assembled and tested. Works great with 3.3V or 5V logic. Comes with a 2-pin terminal block (for connecting to the thermocouple) and pin header (to plug into any breadboard or perfboard). Match it up with our 1m K-type thermocouple.
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Left & Right Mecanum Wheel Pair – 48mm Diameter – TT Motor or Cross Axle (2-pack)
If you’re unfamiliar with mecanum wheels, this Matching Left & Right pack of 48mm Diameter Mecanum Wheels may resemble everyday chunky wheels Frankenstein’d out of mini hair curler rollers. In reality, they are very cool, omnidirectional wheels with rollers that are supported by ball-bearings, allowing a four-wheeled robot to move in any direction. There are nine rubber beads around the perimeter of each wheel that lets it grip the floor when moving sideways.
Seeeduino XIAO Expansion Board – Works With Adafruit QT Py
The Seeeduino XIAO Expansion Board is a great add-on board with a little-bit-of-everything. It works wonderfully with our QT Py boards so we’re stocking it for folks to plug in their SAMD21 QT Py or RP2040 QT Py. It enables prototyping in an easy and quick way and with so many hardware add-ons, you can quickly explore near-infinite possibilities of Arduino and CircuitPython with your QT Py friends.
Please note that since QT Py’s have built in reset-buttons, the onboard reset button doesn’t do anything. Just use the button on the top of our boards instead! Ditto for the SWD/SWC pins – those are connected to pogo pins but QT Py has em in a different spot. Those are the only two things that don’t work.
Etched Glow-Through Keycap – Zener ESP Waves Design – MX Compatible Switches
When we saw the classic “Zener ESP Card” designed keyboard in the awesome CHVRCHES video for the song “How Not To Drown” (ft Robert Smith!) we were smitten. So goth! So esoteric! So we got a small number of these etched-through keycaps with the 5 designs: circle, cross, waves, square and star. You don’t have to wear excessive eyeliner to snap these into your mechanical keyboard… but, hey, we’ll use any excuse.
This Glow-Through Zener Waves Etched Keycap is made with a translucent/opaque plastic that is etched to create an elegant glow-through effect. Perfect to show your emo-goth-techno-psychic cred on your next mechanical keyboard project.
Learn more! Also available in a square, star, plus sign and circle design!
Adafruit MacroPad RP2040 Enclosure + Hardware Add-on Pack
Dress up your Adafruit Macropad with PaintYourDragon’s fabulous decorative silkscreen enclosure and hardware kit. You get the two custom PCBs that are cut to act as a protective bottom plate and and a mechanically-stabilizing keyboard plate.
Use the included M3 screws to attach the bottom plate – it’s symmetric so you can decide which side you’d like to have visible. Stick the rubber feet on the bottom to protect your desk from scratches. Fit the 12 keys you’d like to install into the keyplate, they’ll snap in solidly and let you plug in all the keys at once. Finally, fit the D-shaft knob onto the encoder.
Lookin’ good and ready to keeb!
Adafruit MCP9601 (MCP96L01) I2C Thermocouple Amplifier – STEMMA QT / Qwiic
Thermocouples are very sensitive, requiring a good amplifier with a cold-compensation reference. The Adafruit MCP9601 I2C Thermocouple Breakout (a.k.a MCP96L01) does all that for you and can be easily interfaced with any microcontroller or single-board computer with I2C. Inside, the chip handles all the analog stuff for you, and can interface with just about any thermocouple type: K, J, T, N, S, E, B, and R types are all supported! You can also set various alerts for over/under temperature, and read the thermocouple (hot) temperature and the chip (cold) temperature. All this over common I2C.
This breakout board has the chip itself, a 3.3V regulator and level shifting circuitry, all assembled and tested. Works great with 3.3V or 5V logic. Comes with a 2-pin terminal block (for connecting to the thermocouple) and pin header (to plug into any breadboard or perfboard). Match it up with our 1m K-type thermocouple.
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The shortest route possible between two points is a straight line. What’s the shape of the line that is the longest possible route from one end of the International Space Station to the other? We’d like someone to turn this into a VR 360 film, please. Here’s more, via TwistedSifter
Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev gives viewers a 1st person POV of the longest route possible on the ISS from the Japanese storage module to the Russian cargo module.
Kick back, relax & let your oscilloscope do the math … and fast Fourier transforms.
Kick back, relax & let your oscilloscope do the math … and fast Fourier transforms.
Perfect solution for your Switch: out of the way but ready to go! From cylemmulo on Thingiverse:
If you have a tv wall mount that simply hooks onto the mount. Usually you have a bunch of space to the right and left. I adapted this to the mount from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1873760 (for some reason it wouldn’t let me add to remix).
Now you can simply just drop this into the same mount your tv uses. You may or may not need to tweak the actual wall clip thickness if it’s too thick for your mount. I recommend triangular infill and printing it tall ways if you want the most strength. However, it doesn’t way that much so it shouldn’t matter much either way.
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 objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!
MartinKJHB shared this project on Thingiverse!
Callichimaera perplexa is an extinct crab from the Cretaceous. In life, it would have been around 2.5 cm/1” across, the size of many water beetles. I’ve imagined the swimming style to be like that of dytiscid beetles or corixid bugs rather than a portunid crab, but I’m not aware of any evidence either way. This model is based on Luque et al. (2019). It’s a pretty little critter, thanks to dinoking27 for suggesting it to me.
Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4877701
Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!
MartinKJHB shared this project on Thingiverse!
Callichimaera perplexa is an extinct crab from the Cretaceous. In life, it would have been around 2.5 cm/1” across, the size of many water beetles. I’ve imagined the swimming style to be like that of dytiscid beetles or corixid bugs rather than a portunid crab, but I’m not aware of any evidence either way. This model is based on Luque et al. (2019). It’s a pretty little critter, thanks to dinoking27 for suggesting it to me.
Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4877701
Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!
A braille learning tool shared by Ctrl_P on Thingiverse:
This is a braille cube for people learning braille to carry with them. A rubber band is used to maintain the tension to hold the three cubes and rotation.
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 objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!
A braille learning tool shared by Ctrl_P on Thingiverse:
This is a braille cube for people learning braille to carry with them. A rubber band is used to maintain the tension to hold the three cubes and rotation.
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 objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!
mishkin2 shared this project on Thingiverse!
These are devices for fixing sandpaper, which are suitable for manual grinding and for machine grinding.
Clamping and tensioning of the sandpaper is performed by rotating the inner cylinder with a slot with an 8 mm hex key. The end of the sandpaper strip is inserted into the slot of the inner cylinder. The beginning of the tape is attached in the slot on the base. If your sandpaper is paper-based and the grit index is high, it will be too thin. Then it makes sense to cut off longer and for better fastening fold it in half in those areas where the tape is attached in the slots.
Two models are made for manual grinding. In the form of a drop with a width of 40 mm, for fine grinding and for grinding in hard-to-reach places. In the form of a bar with a width of 80 mm, for grinding large open surfaces. If desired, the width of the models can be easily changed by simply pulling on the Z axis, in any 3D editor.
Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4877472
Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!
mishkin2 shared this project on Thingiverse!
These are devices for fixing sandpaper, which are suitable for manual grinding and for machine grinding.
Clamping and tensioning of the sandpaper is performed by rotating the inner cylinder with a slot with an 8 mm hex key. The end of the sandpaper strip is inserted into the slot of the inner cylinder. The beginning of the tape is attached in the slot on the base. If your sandpaper is paper-based and the grit index is high, it will be too thin. Then it makes sense to cut off longer and for better fastening fold it in half in those areas where the tape is attached in the slots.
Two models are made for manual grinding. In the form of a drop with a width of 40 mm, for fine grinding and for grinding in hard-to-reach places. In the form of a bar with a width of 80 mm, for grinding large open surfaces. If desired, the width of the models can be easily changed by simply pulling on the Z axis, in any 3D editor.
Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4877472
Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!
Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!
First up, the Caps Lock Mold!
4 x 1U and 1 x 1.5U “Caps Lock” Silicone Keycap Molds – MX Compatible Switches
If you love to customize, why not level up your DIY keeb-makin’ skills and craft your own set of bespoke ‘caps with this keycap mold that has four “1U R4” (e.g. single square escape-key-like) molds and one 1.5U Caps Lock Keycap Molds.
We recommend UV-curable resin, yes you’ll need a UV lamp, but it’s worth the investment: two-part resin is much messier and hard to cure if the temperature and humidity aren’t just right. Check out this video for a great little tutorial on how to DIY your own custom keycaps.
Once molded, the keycaps will fit on any Cherry MX-compatible keyswitch. Comes with one two-piece mold that has four 1U molds and one 1.5U mold.
Next up, the “Tab” Mold!
4 x 1U and 1 x 1.25U “Tab” Silicone Keycap Molds – MX Compatible Switches
If you love to customize, why not level up your DIY keeb-makin’ skills and craft your own set of bespoke ‘caps with this keycap mold that has four “1U R2” (e.g. single square escape-key-like) molds and one 1.25U Tab Keycap Molds.
We recommend UV-curable resin, yes you’ll need a UV lamp, but it’s worth the investment: two-part resin is much messier and hard to cure if the temperature and humidity aren’t just right. Check out this video for a great little tutorial on how to DIY your own custom keycaps.
Once molded, the keycaps will fit on any Cherry MX-compatible key switch. Comes with one two-piece mold that has four 1U molds and one 1.5U mold.
Following that with the honkin’ Space Bar Mold
2 x 2.25U, 1 x 2.75U, and Space Bar Keycap Mold – MX Compatible Switches
If you love to customize, why not level up your DIY keeb-makin’ skills and craft your own set of bespoke ‘caps with this keycap mold that has two 2.25U molds (Left Shift and Enter), a 2.75U mold (Right Shift), and one looooooooooooongboi 6.25U Space Bar Keycap Mold.
We recommend UV-curable resin, yes you’ll need a UV lamp, but it’s worth the investment: two-part resin is much messier and hard to cure if the temperature and humidity aren’t just right. Check out this video for a great little tutorial on how to DIY your own custom keycaps.
Once molded, the keycaps will fit on any Cherry MX-compatible key switch. Comes with one two-piece mold that has two 2.25U molds, one 2.75U mold, and one 6.25U mold.
We’ve got the “Ctrl” Mold next!
3 x 1U and 2 x 1.25U “Ctrl” Silicone Keycap Molds – MX Compatible Switches
If you love to customize, why not level up your DIY keeb-makin’ skills and craft your own set of bespoke ‘caps with this keycap mold that has three “1U R1” (e.g. single bottom row key) molds and two 1.25U Ctrl Keycap Molds.
We recommend UV-curable resin, yes you’ll need a UV lamp, but it’s worth the investment: two-part resin is much messier and hard to cure if the temperature and humidity aren’t just right. Check out this video for a great little tutorial on how to DIY your own custom keycaps.
Once molded, the keycaps will fit on any Cherry MX-compatible key switch. Comes with one two-piece mold that has three 1U molds and two 1.25U molds.
And now, the “Esc” mold!
4 x 1U and 1 x 2U “Esc” Silicone Keycap Molds – MX Compatible Switches
If you love to customize, why not level up your DIY keeb-makin’ skills and craft your own set of bespoke ‘caps with this keycap mold that has four “1U R1” (e.g. single function-key-like) molds and one 2U Esc Keycap Molds. Depending on your keyboard, the key could also be used for Enter, Backspace, etc.
We recommend UV-curable resin, yes you’ll need a UV lamp, but it’s worth the investment: two-part resin is much messier and hard to cure if the temperature and humidity aren’t just right. Check out this video for a great little tutorial on how to DIY your own custom keycaps.
Once molded, the keycaps will fit on any Cherry MX-compatible key switch. Comes with one two-piece mold that has four 1U molds and one 2U mold.
Saving the cutest for the finale, the Kitty Paw Mold!
Kitty Paw Silicone Keycap Molds – MX Compatible Switches
If you love our Kitty Paw Keycaps and love to customize, why not level up your DIY keeb-makin’ skills and craft your own set of bespoke ‘caps with these Kitty Paw Keycap Molds. If your kitty’s paws are going to walk all over your keyboard, you at least want to be able to walk all over kitty paws.
We recommend UV-curable resin, yes you’ll need a UV lamp but it’s worth the investment: two-part resin is much messier and hard to cure if the temperature and humidity isn’t just right. Check out this video for a great little tutorial on how to DIY your own custom keycaps.
Once molded, the key caps will fit on any Cherry MX-compatible keyswitch. Comes with one two-piece mold that has 6 spots.
