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November is Native American Heritage Month and all month long we will be sharing blog posts to celebrate. You can check back every weekday for a new post paying tribute to the experience, history, traditions and contributions of American Indians and Alaska Natives. We hope you will join us this month as we learn about the diverse cultures...

BMOP Receives Special Achievement Award for Wide Range of Music #MusicMonday

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project won this year’s Gramophone Special Achievement Award for the uncommon orchestral goal the group as a whole continues to fulfill! From Gramophone via NPR: A quarter-century later, though, BMOP is still here, proudly advocating for new music and for unjustly neglected music (largely American) of the 20th...

Native American Heritage Month 2021 #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NAHM #AmericanIndianandAlaskaNativeHeritageMonth

BMOP Receives Special Achievement Award for Wide Range of Music #MusicMonday

Dynamic Symmetry in Quantum Systems

via MIT To induce and observe such dynamical symmetry, the MIT team first initialized the system using a laser pulse. Then they directed various selected frequencies of microwave radiation at it and let it evolve, allowing it to absorb and emit the energy. “What’s amazing is that when you add such driving, it can exhibit some very fancy...

Dynamic Symmetry in Quantum Systems

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tests positive for Covid

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tested positive for Covid-19. In a statement Psaki said she has been quarantining and has not been in close contact with the president. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3w0rAle via IFT...

Halloween 2021 Candy Shoot with Arduino and Neopixels!

Thanks Elizabeth for sending this in! Elizabeth says: “This is a project that I made using NeoPixels to help me know what candy to give a trick-or-treater while maintaining a good distance. The Adafruit NeoPixel library is great! I love NeoPixels!” Check out the video on her youtube channel! Using an Arduino Uno, Neopixels, buttons and a clear PVC tube, a Halloween candy dispenser was made that allows distance between the trick-or-treaters...

13 Halloween Songs from the 1920’s & 1930’s – Full Song Playlist!

Happy Halloween! History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday shared this video on Youtube! 13 Halloween songs from the 1920’s & 1930’s! Hush Hush Hush Henry Hall 1932 Heebie Jeebies Boswell Sisters 1931 The Haunted House New Mayfair Dance Orchestra 1931 Dancing The Devil Away Arden & Ohman Orch 1930 Mysterious Mose Rube Bloom & His Bayoo Boys 1930 Minnie The Moocher Cab Calloway 1931 Spell of the Blues Frederick Vettel...

Forging Pumpkins?

Every heard of forged pumpkins? Me neither. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3CzBLjc via IFT...

Halloween 2021 Candy Shoot with Arduino and Neopixels!

13 Halloween Songs from the 1920’s & 1930’s – Full Song Playlist!

Forging Pumpkins?

Every heard of forged pumpkins? Me neither. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3CzBLjc via IFT...

“Spot Me Up” | The Rolling Stones & Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics shared this video on Youtube 40 years ago, The Rolling Stones debuted their iconic Tattoo You album. We’re helping them celebrate. ‘Start Me Up’ taken from Tattoo You 2021: https://the-rolling-stones.lnk.to/TattooYou2021So See more! from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3pVSOsm via IFT...

“Spot Me Up” | The Rolling Stones & Boston Dynamics

Weekly Editorial Round-Up: AdaBox020, Feather M4 Adalogger is Pretty in Pink, Adafruit EyeLights LED Glasses and Driver & more!

ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP 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. BLOG Why do ducklings swim in a row? More BLOG: A...

Trump supporters can't stop putting politics over piety

For this week's essay, Tiffany Cross has a few choice words for the so-called Evangelical Christians who've put the GOP over their faith. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3w3CyXl via IFT...

Weekly Editorial Round-Up: AdaBox020, Feather M4 Adalogger is Pretty in Pink, Adafruit EyeLights LED Glasses and Driver & more!

Terminator II Cosplay

“I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle.” via telekomor on instructbables This is a instructable about easy Terminator II cosplay, with the special feature of automatic eye movement. Supplies metallic skull mask Ipod nano 6Gn black sunglasses plastic, glue, colors, pair of scissors rest of the Terminator costume (leather jacket, toy pistol, etc). Read more. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists,...

Terminator II Cosplay

How Technology Is Reshaping Every Aspect of Daily Life

In depth look from Motherboard on our modern times. We are all intimately familiar with how enmeshed society is with technology but when you take a step back, that connection is also a little jarring. This video speculates on the future of cities, money, colleges…and more. What Happens Next examines the future as we confront massive technological transformations in central aspects of daily life. see more! from Adafruit...

According to this absurd ruling, that retweet could get you sued for defamation

How can tweeting an article that is not defamatory give rise to a claim for defamation? from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3Eo8f0u via IFT...

How Technology Is Reshaping Every Aspect of Daily Life

This is the absolute wrong way to try to reduce the number of fatal police shootings

Attempting to turn a gun into something less than a lethal weapon will get more people hurt and killed. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3GAhRHj via IFT...

Traces of Dust from the Dawn of Time

The further out in space you look, the deeper into the past you go. Here’s more from MOTHERBOARD: The first stars in the universe are called Population III stars and are believed to be formed from a sea of essentially pure helium and hydrogen leftover from the Big Bang itself, containing no metals. They’ve yet to be found, but now scientists...

Traces of Dust from the Dawn of Time

Stuff The British Stole is Back with Season 2

Season 2 of Stuff The British Stole is off to a great start with “Losing Your Marbles”, where host Marc Fennell takes listeners through the story of how the Parthenon Marbles ended up in the British Museum. There’s been a centuries-long campaign to get them back to their homeland. Now, a team of Greek-Australians have decided that the time...

Stuff The British Stole is Back with Season 2

суббота, 30 октября 2021 г.

13 Spooky Poems to Get You in the Mood for Halloween

Great list from Tor.com that goes beyond the obvious (yet still awesome) Poe verses to get you in the mood for today’s celebrations and festivities! There’s something about a spooky poem that’s just like, way spookier than a spooky tv episode or a spooky short story, probably something to do with its ability to get stuck in your head. It’s...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Greatest Legacy

Happy Halloween! Kick off today’s celebration with this great piece from Vulture, originally published back in 2017. Buffy was such an important show for many of us who skew older on the millenial spectrum and it’s always fun to revisit. The 1990s were full of feminist vanguards in genre fiction, from The X-Files’ focused Dana Scully to...

13 Spooky Poems to Get You in the Mood for Halloween

Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Greatest Legacy

Norm from Tested tries out wireless LEDs

In this Tested video, Norm Chan plays around with some wireless LEDs that he heard about through Adafruit. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3GBFsr9 via IFT...

Norm from Tested tries out wireless LEDs

NerdForge Turns Their New Studio Into a Medieval Workshop

On the latest NerdForge, Martina and Hansi begin to move into their new studio and workshop space. Not content with white walls and ceiling, they turn the studio area of their new space into a Medieval fantasy workshop. There are some good prop-making tips here, like antiquing glass bottles by covering them in white glue and paint washes and creating crusty ol’ scrolls by soaking paper in coffee. from Adafruit Industries...

NerdForge Turns Their New Studio Into a Medieval Workshop

The idea of another Trump presidency is the 'absolute scariest.' But there's more.

Joy Reid’s selection for this week’s Halloween-themed “Absolute Scariest” is the possibility of another Donald Trump presidency. Here are some other contenders. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3CGW8eg via IFT...

Accelerating the discovery of new materials for 3D printing #3DPrinting

Printing with different materials broadens the functionality of 3D printing. Now machines are taking over the search for new materials. Via MIT: To cut down on the time it takes to discover these new materials, researchers at MIT have developed a data-driven process that uses machine learning to optimize new 3D printing materials with multiple...

Accelerating the discovery of new materials for 3D printing #3DPrinting

Focus Stacking and Macro Photography

Learn about focus stacking and the benefits when applied to macro photography from Photography Life: The popularity of macro photography is growing exponentially, thanks to the popular concept of Focus Stacking. Beginners reading this must be wondering what this is all about – and in this article, we will guide you through the ins and outs...

Focus Stacking and Macro Photography

Manchin and Sinema's craven need for media attention is hurting America

Manchin and Sinema are acting as though they were the ones on the presidential ballot last November. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3mr39Kz via IFT...

Learn How to Used 16mm Film

If you’ve ever wanted to start using 16mm, now’s the time! Brae Hunziker has a 20 min quick start guide on YouTube from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/3w0i6q4 via IFT...

Learn How to Used 16mm Film

What makes evil laughs scary?

MWAHAHAAHhahahahahaHHAHHAHH via PBS “Laughter in humans signals enjoyment, and laughter that accompanies immoral and hurtful actions signal powerfully that the perpetrator enjoys their wrongdoing. Because evil laughter is a signal, it needs to be conspicuous and unambiguous,” he said. Jafar, the evil sorcerer in “Aladdin,” doesn’t just...

What makes evil laughs scary?

In new letter, tech expert's lawyer insists Alfa-Bank, Trump server data is no hoax

Rachel Maddow reports on a new letter to special counsel John Durham and Attorney General Merrick Garland from the lawyer for a tech expert that pushes back on how researchers' findings about interactions between a server related to Alfa-Bank and a server related to the Trump Organization are characterized in Durham's indictment of Michael Sussmann. [Edited for length from the original broadcast.] from MSNBC Top Stories...

пятница, 29 октября 2021 г.

From Perseverance Rover on Mars: Astonishing Images from the Jezero Crater #SpaceSaturday

The Perseverance Rover on Mars is really delivering. Here’s more from Astronomy Now: The Perseverance Mars rover, after collecting and storing two samples of martian rock and soil from the floor of Jezero Crater, paused 12 September to capture a panoramic view looking toward the South Séítah geologic unit. Made up of 84 enhanced-colour...

From Perseverance Rover on Mars: Astonishing Images from the Jezero Crater #SpaceSaturday

Behind the GOP plot to overturn MLK's free-speech ruling

In this special report, MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber breaks down the rising right-wing attacks against journalists and free speech. As the GOP pushes to overturn the landmark free speech ruling involving Martin Luther King Jr., the Supreme Court considers whether to take up two free speech cases. Melber points to the consequences of strict libel laws in foreign countries and argues, “Wherever the powerful seek...

‘The coup is ongoing’: Rep. Gallego on GOP whitewashing of Jan. 6

“The coup is ongoing. It means the coup has moved from the rabble rousers, those losers, those wannabe terrorists that showed up on January 6 into the political realm, which actually does happen a lot,” says Rep. Ruben Gallego. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3nIY4gk via IFT...

Project Farm Tests Hole Saws

Todd of Project Farm did his usual admirably-thorough testing on a number of hole saw brands, from DeWalt, Irwin, Bosch, Milwaukee, Lenox, Morse, and others, testing 13 brands in all. He tested for material hardness, speed of cut, accuracy of cut, chip dispersal, and wear on the bit. Three different thickness/hardnesses of metal were tested. In the end, the best performer was the MK Morse brand with carbide teeth. Proving that...

The purge of GOP truth tellers claims its biggest trophy yet

Former Republican Congressman Carlos Curbelo, Washington Post congressional correspondent Jackie Alemany, and New York Times Washington correspondent Michael Schmidt react to Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) announcing that he will not seek reelection in 2022 from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2ZvtVsm via IFT...

Project Farm Tests Hole Saws

NAACP asks athletes to boycott Texas over 'archaic' laws. It could work.

The NAACP issued a letter calling on athletes to avoid signing with teams in Texas because of Republican attacks on abortion access, voting rights and Covid measures. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3BtqLm0 via IFT...

Why it matters that Adam Kinzinger is giving up his House seat

Adam Kinzinger seemed determined to help prevent his party from drifting further into madness. Now, however, he's giving up his House seat. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3jPjV4o via IFT...

FDA authorizes Pfizer Covid vaccine for children aged 5 to 11

The Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for children aged five to eleven. NBC's Dr. John Torres reports on the decision. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3EsHS9B via IFT...

Facebook's name change is a preview of its wildly disturbing future

Regardless of what name it goes by, the company formerly known as Facebook has many problems it must fix. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3vVMVfE via IFT...

Senate Republican faces SEC probe over controversial stock trades

Sen. Richard Burr was already investigated by the Justice Department. Now he's drawing scrutiny from the Securities and Exchange Commission. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/3vTPP4J via IFT...

четверг, 28 октября 2021 г.

DOOM Slayer Glove #3DThursday #3DPrinting

From Whatever6 on Thingiverse: Scaled all finger parts at 120% as everyone who printed the original recommended it. The original is for pretty small hands and do not even fit without a glove. I have glove size 9 (L) and at 120% scale they fit quite good with a glove under it. I improved most of the files, like all the tips, as the original...

DOOM Slayer Glove #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Star Trek TNG VISOR Kit #3Dprinting #3Dthursday

UnimatrixRed shared this project on Thingiverse! I wanted to make a TNG VISOR prop with an easy-to-print one-piece grill instead of installing a lot of rods. This has a flexible grill that prints flat and fits nicely in grooves to secure it. This makes painting easy but also lets you print in color if you want. I used silk PLA for the metal...

Star Trek TNG VISOR Kit #3Dprinting #3Dthursday

Watch a Deep Dive w/Scott at 2pm Pacific Tomorrow (19 hours from now) @tannewt

Join Scott Friday, October 29th, on Adafruit YouTube or Twitch at 2pm Pacific. Join the Discord and ask to be added to the “Deep Divers” role to be notified of time changes. The plan is to continue Cortex A work by hacking SD card support in CircuitPython on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 and answer any questions folks have. Next week will be on Friday. Thanks to @askpatrickw and @dcd, all notes are available on GitHub with...

Watch a Deep Dive w/Scott at 2pm Pacific Tomorrow (19 hours from now) @tannewt

Loki TVA TemPad #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Awesome print for those looking to maintain the timeline. From RyanTheMast on Thingiverse: Why I am making this: Loved this show it developed great characters, fun world building, and especially interesting props. This prop caught my eye, and I am working on machining one out of brass. I thought while I work on my “hero” versions, I thought...

Loki TVA TemPad #3DThursday #3DPrinting