Kids in Tech empowers kids with the technical skills they need for the career paths of the future –
Kids in Tech was founded in 2016 in Lowell, Massachusetts to prepare disadvantaged kids with interactive, free after school programs in computers and technology. By 2024, 80% of the top 10 most in-demand STEM jobs in the Greater Lowell area will be in technology – and, these are the some of the top most desired skills for many growing industries across the country. In the past three years, Kids in Tech has offered programs at four different sites serving low-income kids in the Lowell area.
According to the Center for Childhood Creativity, “Data shows that young people are not graduating with the skills needed to succeed in a rapidly-evolving, technologically-driven workforce.”
Kids in Tech has proven, demonstrated results, with over 90 percent of our participants reporting increased knowledge, skills, and interest in STEM fields. We’re growing by leaps and bounds and look forward to offering these programs in more communities across the region and around the country.
On November 30, 2021, we come together and join a worldwide celebration of generosity. GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. More about Giving Tuesday on their site, Twitter, tagged Tweets, FaceBook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia.
The posts on Adafruit and its social media are resources, groups, causes, organizations, and more from the Adafruit team and community – The posts are not sponsored in any way. Adafruit provides paid time off for charity for all team members all year long, thank you Adafruit team for the biggest gift one can give, time. Many of the posts are the charities, groups, and organizations, the Adafruit team participates in.
Check the posts from the past, and present, here on Adafruit with the #GivingTuesday tag.
Electronic Frontier Foundation, defending your rights in the digital world –
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. EFF’s mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world.
EFF is a donor-funded U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that depends on your support to continue fighting for users.
Donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation during Power Up Your Donation Week, and a group of passionate supporters will automatically match every dollar up to $308,500! Will you power up online privacy and free expression this year?
On November 30, 2021, we come together and join a worldwide celebration of generosity. GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. More about Giving Tuesday on their site, Twitter, tagged Tweets, FaceBook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia.
The posts on Adafruit and its social media are resources, groups, causes, organizations, and more from the Adafruit team and community – The posts are not sponsored in any way. Adafruit provides paid time off for charity for all team members all year long, thank you Adafruit team for the biggest gift one can give, time. Many of the posts are the charities, groups, and organizations, the Adafruit team participates in.
Check the posts from the past, and present, here on Adafruit with the #GivingTuesday tag.
Games and Online Harassment Hotline – Where to go to find help online. They provide text based, confidential, emotional support for people who make and play games –
The Games and Online Harassment Hotline is a free, text message-based, confidential emotional support hotline. We created the Hotline specifically for the gaming community. Whether you’re a player, a developer, a streamer, a competitor — any part of this community —we’re here for you, whether that means offering emotional support or finding the referrals and resources that you need.
Text SUPPORT to 23368 from anywhere in the USA. We are active and replying from 3-7 PM PT every day.
Donate:
https://gameshotline.org/donate/
On November 30, 2021, we come together and join a worldwide celebration of generosity. GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. More about Giving Tuesday on their site, Twitter, tagged Tweets, FaceBook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia.
The posts on Adafruit and its social media are resources, groups, causes, organizations, and more from the Adafruit team and community – The posts are not sponsored in any way. Adafruit provides paid time off for charity for all team members all year long, thank you Adafruit team for the biggest gift one can give, time. Many of the posts are the charities, groups, and organizations, the Adafruit team participates in.
Check the posts from the past, and present, here on Adafruit with the #GivingTuesday tag.
Games and Online Harassment Hotline – Where to go to find help online. They provide text based, confidential, emotional support for people who make and play games –
The Games and Online Harassment Hotline is a free, text message-based, confidential emotional support hotline. We created the Hotline specifically for the gaming community. Whether you’re a player, a developer, a streamer, a competitor — any part of this community —we’re here for you, whether that means offering emotional support or finding the referrals and resources that you need.
Text SUPPORT to 23368 from anywhere in the USA. We are active and replying from 3-7 PM PT every day.
Donate:
https://gameshotline.org/donate/
On November 30, 2021, we come together and join a worldwide celebration of generosity. GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. More about Giving Tuesday on their site, Twitter, tagged Tweets, FaceBook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia.
The posts on Adafruit and its social media are resources, groups, causes, organizations, and more from the Adafruit team and community – The posts are not sponsored in any way. Adafruit provides paid time off for charity for all team members all year long, thank you Adafruit team for the biggest gift one can give, time. Many of the posts are the charities, groups, and organizations, the Adafruit team participates in.
Check the posts from the past, and present, here on Adafruit with the #GivingTuesday tag.
Riseup provides online communication tools for people and groups working on liberatory social change, a project to create democratic alternatives and practice self-determination by controlling ones own secure means of communications –
The Riseup Collective is an autonomous body based in Seattle with collective members world wide. Our purpose is to aid in the creation of a free society, a world with freedom from want and freedom of expression, a world without oppression or hierarchy, where power is shared equally. We do this by providing communication and computer resources to allies engaged in struggles against capitalism and other forms of oppression.
Riseup is a registered nonprofit under section 501(c)(4).
Donate:
https://riseup.net/en/donate
On November 30, 2021, we come together and join a worldwide celebration of generosity. GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. More about Giving Tuesday on their site, Twitter, tagged Tweets, FaceBook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia.
The posts on Adafruit and its social media are resources, groups, causes, organizations, and more from the Adafruit team and community – The posts are not sponsored in any way. Adafruit provides paid time off for charity for all team members all year long, thank you Adafruit team for the biggest gift one can give, time. Many of the posts are the charities, groups, and organizations, the Adafruit team participates in.
Check the posts from the past, and present, here on Adafruit with the #GivingTuesday tag.
Riseup provides online communication tools for people and groups working on liberatory social change, a project to create democratic alternatives and practice self-determination by controlling ones own secure means of communications –
The Riseup Collective is an autonomous body based in Seattle with collective members world wide. Our purpose is to aid in the creation of a free society, a world with freedom from want and freedom of expression, a world without oppression or hierarchy, where power is shared equally. We do this by providing communication and computer resources to allies engaged in struggles against capitalism and other forms of oppression.
Riseup is a registered nonprofit under section 501(c)(4).
Donate:
https://riseup.net/en/donate
On November 30, 2021, we come together and join a worldwide celebration of generosity. GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. More about Giving Tuesday on their site, Twitter, tagged Tweets, FaceBook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia.
The posts on Adafruit and its social media are resources, groups, causes, organizations, and more from the Adafruit team and community – The posts are not sponsored in any way. Adafruit provides paid time off for charity for all team members all year long, thank you Adafruit team for the biggest gift one can give, time. Many of the posts are the charities, groups, and organizations, the Adafruit team participates in.
Check the posts from the past, and present, here on Adafruit with the #GivingTuesday tag.
Hack the Hood trains and uplifts communities of color through tech skill-building programs and career navigation support that ensures economic mobility –
Hack the Hood aims to be an opportunity hub for young people and communities of color in the Bay Area.
With the support of our community, learners can walk confidently into their future as emergent technologists and architects of a more just and inclusive tech sector.
Every gift, no matter the amount, gets us closer to our goal and creates a positive impact for the young people and communities we serve.
Creating opportunities for the next generation of tech. Hack the hood provides youth and communities of color with tech skill-building programs and career navigation support that are grounded in justice and ensure economic mobility. This giving season, support early career Black, Latinx, AAPI, and Indigenous young people with the gift of opportunity. Donate today or set up a personal/ team fundraising page to make an even bigger impact!
On November 30, 2021, we come together and join a worldwide celebration of generosity. GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. More about Giving Tuesday on their site, Twitter, tagged Tweets, FaceBook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia.
The posts on Adafruit and its social media are resources, groups, causes, organizations, and more from the Adafruit team and community – The posts are not sponsored in any way. Adafruit provides paid time off for charity for all team members all year long, thank you Adafruit team for the biggest gift one can give, time. Many of the posts are the charities, groups, and organizations, the Adafruit team participates in.
Check the posts from the past, and present, here on Adafruit with the #GivingTuesday tag.
The Music Box Village, a New Orleans based whimsical village of interactive musical houses inspired by New Orleans, community and collaboration, is the flagship project of New Orleans Airlift.
Collectively everyone was inspired by the materiality and history of the Creole cottage, the everyday presence of music in New Orleans, and the city’s under-celebrated class of tinkerers, inventors and avant-garde musicians. Together they envisioned that structure they were building would not simply be a stage for musicians to play their instruments upon, but that the structure itself would be the instrument. Plans emerged for an entirely new structure that artists could climb on and interact with – an aesthetically unlikely “house” that would have instruments and sound built in to it.
Read more about The Music Box Village, volunteer, donate and learn more about New Orleans Airlift.
On November 30, 2021, we come together and join a worldwide celebration of generosity. GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. More about Giving Tuesday on their site, Twitter, tagged Tweets, FaceBook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia.
The posts on Adafruit and its social media are resources, groups, causes, organizations, and more from the Adafruit team and community – The posts are not sponsored in any way. Adafruit provides paid time off for charity for all team members all year long, thank you Adafruit team for the biggest gift one can give, time. Many of the posts are the charities, groups, and organizations, the Adafruit team participates in.
Check the posts from the past, and present, here on Adafruit with the #GivingTuesday tag.
Hack the Hood trains and uplifts communities of color through tech skill-building programs and career navigation support that ensures economic mobility –
Hack the Hood aims to be an opportunity hub for young people and communities of color in the Bay Area.
With the support of our community, learners can walk confidently into their future as emergent technologists and architects of a more just and inclusive tech sector.
Every gift, no matter the amount, gets us closer to our goal and creates a positive impact for the young people and communities we serve.
Creating opportunities for the next generation of tech. Hack the hood provides youth and communities of color with tech skill-building programs and career navigation support that are grounded in justice and ensure economic mobility. This giving season, support early career Black, Latinx, AAPI, and Indigenous young people with the gift of opportunity. Donate today or set up a personal/ team fundraising page to make an even bigger impact!
On November 30, 2021, we come together and join a worldwide celebration of generosity. GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. More about Giving Tuesday on their site, Twitter, tagged Tweets, FaceBook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia.
The posts on Adafruit and its social media are resources, groups, causes, organizations, and more from the Adafruit team and community – The posts are not sponsored in any way. Adafruit provides paid time off for charity for all team members all year long, thank you Adafruit team for the biggest gift one can give, time. Many of the posts are the charities, groups, and organizations, the Adafruit team participates in.
Check the posts from the past, and present, here on Adafruit with the #GivingTuesday tag.
The Music Box Village, a New Orleans based whimsical village of interactive musical houses inspired by New Orleans, community and collaboration, is the flagship project of New Orleans Airlift.
Collectively everyone was inspired by the materiality and history of the Creole cottage, the everyday presence of music in New Orleans, and the city’s under-celebrated class of tinkerers, inventors and avant-garde musicians. Together they envisioned that structure they were building would not simply be a stage for musicians to play their instruments upon, but that the structure itself would be the instrument. Plans emerged for an entirely new structure that artists could climb on and interact with – an aesthetically unlikely “house” that would have instruments and sound built in to it.
Read more about The Music Box Village, volunteer, donate and learn more about New Orleans Airlift.
On November 30, 2021, we come together and join a worldwide celebration of generosity. GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. More about Giving Tuesday on their site, Twitter, tagged Tweets, FaceBook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia.
The posts on Adafruit and its social media are resources, groups, causes, organizations, and more from the Adafruit team and community – The posts are not sponsored in any way. Adafruit provides paid time off for charity for all team members all year long, thank you Adafruit team for the biggest gift one can give, time. Many of the posts are the charities, groups, and organizations, the Adafruit team participates in.
Check the posts from the past, and present, here on Adafruit with the #GivingTuesday tag.
From an Adafruit team member, privacy is a human right, the Tor Project –
We, at the Tor Project, fight every day for everyone to have private access to an uncensored internet, and Tor has become the world’s strongest tool for privacy and freedom online.
But Tor is more than just software. It is a labor of love produced by an international community of people devoted to human rights. The Tor Project is deeply committed to transparency and the safety of its users.
To advance human rights and freedoms by creating and deploying free and open source anonymity and privacy technologies, supporting their unrestricted availability and use, and furthering their scientific and popular understanding.
We believe everyone should be able to explore the internet with privacy. We are the Tor Project, a 501(c)(3) US nonprofit. We advance human rights and defend your privacy online through free software and open networks.
Donate:
https://donate.torproject.org/
On November 30, 2021, we come together and join a worldwide celebration of generosity. GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. More about Giving Tuesday on their site, Twitter, tagged Tweets, FaceBook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia.
The posts on Adafruit and its social media are resources, groups, causes, organizations, and more from the Adafruit team and community – The posts are not sponsored in any way. Adafruit provides paid time off for charity for all team members all year long, thank you Adafruit team for the biggest gift one can give, time. Many of the posts are the charities, groups, and organizations, the Adafruit team participates in.
Check the posts from the past, and present, here on Adafruit with the #GivingTuesday tag.
Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, TODAY!
Check out the livestream right here inside this product page, (SPOILER ALERT!) — you won’t want to miss it because there will be a massive 50% OFF DISCOUNT during the show!
Tune in for:
The live video will also be on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Come on into the chat to participate in the conversation!
Every Tuesday @ 4pm ET/1pm PT!
via dezeen
American architect Tiara Hughes has launched the First 500 website, an online platform dedicated to showcasing the work of Black women architects working in the US.
Hughes founded the First 500 organisation in 2018 after learning that less than 500 of the 100,000 licensed architects in the US were Black women.
In October, the architect launched a website to further the initiative’s mission in achieving racial justice in the architecture industry.
“First 500 aims to inspire Black women and girls to infinitely increase our licensed representation in the industry to better reflect the environments we serve,” Hughes told Dezeen.
“The website is a resource and reference to learn more about the incredible contributions of black women to the built environment.”
Read more and check out the site.
Yayyy we got the Feather M4 Adalogger PCBs in so we quickly put one together. This is kinda a respin of the Feather M4 Express with all the upgrades we want: USB C, 8 MB of QSPI flash, J20 instead of J19 (more flash/RAM), Stemma QT port, micro SD card on the back, and power-switchable I2C/SD/NeoPixel for low power usage. we’re just working on getting the bootloader and Arduino support all worked out now – CircuitPython definition will be next – video.
We’re also wrapping up our CircuitPython Monday sale – 20% off everything in the CircuitPython category and we’re continuing our free Feather RP2040 on orders 99$ or more! https://www.adafruit.com/
This is CircuitPython 7.1.0-beta.1, the second beta release for CircuitPython 7.1.0. It is relatively stable, but contains issues we may still address for 7.1.0.
asyncio cooperative multitasking.bitmaptools: dithering and alphablend are new.keypad.Events now include timestamps.framebufferio: support for IS31FL3741.I2CPeripheral, WiFi monitor mode, setting MAC address, ESP32-C3 support, ParallelImageCapture`.gifio.GifWriter is new.rotaryio now allows setting the divisor of counts per transition.watchdog, and alarm with sleep.asyncio is included. Use the [CircuitPython asyncio library](https://ift.tt/3xDcDXh bitmaptools: dithering and alphablend are new.Firmware downloads are available from the downloads page on circuitpython.org. The site makes it easy to select the correct file and language for your board.
To install follow the instructions in the Welcome to CircuitPython! guide. To install the latest libraries, see this page in that guide.
Try the latest version of the Mu editor for creating and editing your CircuitPython programs and for easy access to the CircuitPython serial connection (the REPL).
Documentation is available in readthedocs.io.
CircuitPython has a number of “ports” that are the core implementations for different microcontroller families. Stability varies on a per-port basis. As of this release, atmel-samd, cxd56 (Spresense), esp32s2, nrf,raspberrypi, stm for the F4 family are stable. stm for other STM chip families is being actively improved but may be missing functionality and have bugs. broadcom (Raspberry Pi), litex and mimxrt10xx are in an alpha state and will have bugs and missing functionality.
The full commit log is here.
bitmaptools: fix dithering and other bugs. #5616, #5605. Thanks @jepler.boot_out.txt. #5611. Thanks @jepler.code.py when restarting in raw mode. #5602. Thanks @aivarannamaa.camera constructor signature. #5596. Thanks @kamtom480.framebufferio: support for IS31FL3741. #5584. Thanks @gamblor21.broadcom port for Raspberry Pi. #5610. Thanks @tannewt.wifi: Allow setting access point MAC address. #5593. Thanks @anecdata.wifi: Allow setting station MAC address; validate SSID length. #5571. Thanks @anecdata.-O2 without -fno-inline-functions on SAME54 builds. #5579. Thanks @jepler.keypad.ShiftRegisterKeys. #5585. Thanks @tekktrik.-Werror=missing-prototypes on more builds. #5582, #5580. Thanks @jepler.mkfs on boards that don’t need it; re-enable rainbowio on some boards. #5578. Thanks @jepler.bitmaptools on unix coverage build. #5575. Thanks @jepler.Thank you to all who used, tested, and contributed since 7.0.0, including the contributors above, and many others on GitHub and Discord. Join us on the Discord chat to collaborate.
This is CircuitPython 7.1.0-beta.1, the second beta release for CircuitPython 7.1.0. It is relatively stable, but contains issues we may still address for 7.1.0.
asyncio cooperative multitasking.bitmaptools: dithering and alphablend are new.keypad.Events now include timestamps.framebufferio: support for IS31FL3741.I2CPeripheral, WiFi monitor mode, setting MAC address, ESP32-C3 support, ParallelImageCapture`.gifio.GifWriter is new.rotaryio now allows setting the divisor of counts per transition.watchdog, and alarm with sleep.asyncio is included. Use the [CircuitPython asyncio library](https://ift.tt/3xDcDXh bitmaptools: dithering and alphablend are new.Firmware downloads are available from the downloads page on circuitpython.org. The site makes it easy to select the correct file and language for your board.
To install follow the instructions in the Welcome to CircuitPython! guide. To install the latest libraries, see this page in that guide.
Try the latest version of the Mu editor for creating and editing your CircuitPython programs and for easy access to the CircuitPython serial connection (the REPL).
Documentation is available in readthedocs.io.
CircuitPython has a number of “ports” that are the core implementations for different microcontroller families. Stability varies on a per-port basis. As of this release, atmel-samd, cxd56 (Spresense), esp32s2, nrf,raspberrypi, stm for the F4 family are stable. stm for other STM chip families is being actively improved but may be missing functionality and have bugs. broadcom (Raspberry Pi), litex and mimxrt10xx are in an alpha state and will have bugs and missing functionality.
The full commit log is here.
bitmaptools: fix dithering and other bugs. #5616, #5605. Thanks @jepler.boot_out.txt. #5611. Thanks @jepler.code.py when restarting in raw mode. #5602. Thanks @aivarannamaa.camera constructor signature. #5596. Thanks @kamtom480.framebufferio: support for IS31FL3741. #5584. Thanks @gamblor21.broadcom port for Raspberry Pi. #5610. Thanks @tannewt.wifi: Allow setting access point MAC address. #5593. Thanks @anecdata.wifi: Allow setting station MAC address; validate SSID length. #5571. Thanks @anecdata.-O2 without -fno-inline-functions on SAME54 builds. #5579. Thanks @jepler.keypad.ShiftRegisterKeys. #5585. Thanks @tekktrik.-Werror=missing-prototypes on more builds. #5582, #5580. Thanks @jepler.mkfs on boards that don’t need it; re-enable rainbowio on some boards. #5578. Thanks @jepler.bitmaptools on unix coverage build. #5575. Thanks @jepler.Thank you to all who used, tested, and contributed since 7.0.0, including the contributors above, and many others on GitHub and Discord. Join us on the Discord chat to collaborate.
Sale @ Art by Physicist –
If you want to support a small business this year, please consider the original designs at Art by Physicist. As a thank you, use the discount code THANKSGIVE before Dec 10 to get 5% off any ready-to-wears in stock so they are shipped to you in time. We will be pausing our shipping for some products after Dec 10 and resuming in January, as we will be enjoying our holidays, too
If you have ever received any of our products in the past or backed us on Kickstarter, be sure to write us a review directly on the products’ pages. You will also receive an additional 10% discount. We should hear from lots of you and we appreciate your support! The feedback will be valuable for us to improve products and services as well as helping others make their decisions.
Art by Physicist is a timeless sustainable tech-fashion brand dedicated to the integration of science, engineering, design and art, featuring independent designer and physicist Dr. Kitty Yeung’s unique designs. The company was registered in California, USA in March 2018, with the brand launched in September 2019, and trademark registered in October 2020. The brand’s mission is to promote an intellectual representation of women and support STEAM education and environmental protection through donations and ethical and sustainable production.
What are “Maker Deals” ? These are companies and people that do electronics, art, engineering, or just something interesting our team wants to spotlight using our Adafruit megaphone – these are not sponsored in any way, we do these each year and yah – some people will point out or dunk on us that we’re promoting our “competitors” but we do not see it that way. Post yours on social with #makerdeals or email’em to pt@adafruit.com , we’ll be posting all weekend through Monday. See last year’s “Welcome to #ADADEALS 2020 sales and more from maker companies that are NOT Adafruit” too … On Tuesday we’ll have our GivingTuesday stuff on the blog and socials.
Here are the 2021 #makerdeals so far!
Store – Jared Wolff – Building Wireless Electronic Devices –
Good things come to those who wait!
The Cyber Monday deals on nRF9160 Feather and Air Quality Wing are here!
For a limited time you can get everything at my store for 15% off by using the code cyber15. That includes the nRF9160 Feather, Air Quality Wing and accessories.
Here’s a link to both:
What are “Maker Deals” ? These are companies and people that do electronics, art, engineering, or just something interesting our team wants to spotlight using our Adafruit megaphone – these are not sponsored in any way, we do these each year and yah – some people will point out or dunk on us that we’re promoting our “competitors” but we do not see it that way. Post yours on social with #makerdeals or email’em to pt@adafruit.com , we’ll be posting all weekend through Monday. See last year’s “Welcome to #ADADEALS 2020 sales and more from maker companies that are NOT Adafruit” too … On Tuesday we’ll have our GivingTuesday stuff on the blog and socials.
Here are the 2021 #makerdeals so far!
For the next few days, you will receive 10% OFF any piece of hardware in the store. That includes FPGA related products, Tigard serial interface and BitMagic-Basic Logic Analyzer! They will be discounted through Midnight (US Pacific Standard Time) on November 29th. Apply the discount code: BLACKFRIDAY2021 at checkout.
The discount code applies in our US 1BitSquared store as well as our German 1BitSquared store.
What are “Maker Deals” ? These are companies and people that do electronics, art, engineering, or just something interesting our team wants to spotlight using our Adafruit megaphone – these are not sponsored in any way, we do these each year and yah – some people will point out or dunk on us that we’re promoting our “competitors” but we do not see it that way. Post yours on social with #makerdeals or email’em to pt@adafruit.com , we’ll be posting all weekend through Monday. See last year’s “Welcome to #ADADEALS 2020 sales and more from maker companies that are NOT Adafruit” too … On Tuesday we’ll have our GivingTuesday stuff on the blog and socials.
Here are the 2021 #makerdeals so far!
Holiday Specials – 2600 Magazine –
Honestly, we didn’t think we’d be able to pull it off this year with the many challenges we’ve been facing. But some encouragement and determination was what we needed, and so we are pleased to be able to offer a range of holiday items for your enjoyment this year.
To get to them, just follow this link.
Between supply chain issues and the post office promising to slow things down during the holiday season, we can’t guarantee everything will arrive in time. But we promise to do our very best.
Expect more big news on a number of fronts in the days and weeks ahead. Stay safe.
Check out the sales and more (past issues of 2600 have articles by Ladyada and myself .. CITIZEN ENGINEER).
What are “Maker Deals” ? These are companies and people that do electronics, art, engineering, or just something interesting our team wants to spotlight using our Adafruit megaphone – these are not sponsored in any way, we do these each year and yah – some people will point out or dunk on us that we’re promoting our “competitors” but we do not see it that way. Post yours on social with #makerdeals or email’em to pt@adafruit.com , we’ll be posting all weekend through Monday. See last year’s “Welcome to #ADADEALS 2020 sales and more from maker companies that are NOT Adafruit” too … On Tuesday we’ll have our GivingTuesday stuff on the blog and socials.
Here are the 2021 #makerdeals so far!
Sale @ Art by Physicist –
If you want to support a small business this year, please consider the original designs at Art by Physicist. As a thank you, use the discount code THANKSGIVE before Dec 10 to get 5% off any ready-to-wears in stock so they are shipped to you in time. We will be pausing our shipping for some products after Dec 10 and resuming in January, as we will be enjoying our holidays, too
If you have ever received any of our products in the past or backed us on Kickstarter, be sure to write us a review directly on the products’ pages. You will also receive an additional 10% discount. We should hear from lots of you and we appreciate your support! The feedback will be valuable for us to improve products and services as well as helping others make their decisions.
Art by Physicist is a timeless sustainable tech-fashion brand dedicated to the integration of science, engineering, design and art, featuring independent designer and physicist Dr. Kitty Yeung’s unique designs. The company was registered in California, USA in March 2018, with the brand launched in September 2019, and trademark registered in October 2020. The brand’s mission is to promote an intellectual representation of women and support STEAM education and environmental protection through donations and ethical and sustainable production.
What are “Maker Deals” ? These are companies and people that do electronics, art, engineering, or just something interesting our team wants to spotlight using our Adafruit megaphone – these are not sponsored in any way, we do these each year and yah – some people will point out or dunk on us that we’re promoting our “competitors” but we do not see it that way. Post yours on social with #makerdeals or email’em to pt@adafruit.com , we’ll be posting all weekend through Monday. See last year’s “Welcome to #ADADEALS 2020 sales and more from maker companies that are NOT Adafruit” too … On Tuesday we’ll have our GivingTuesday stuff on the blog and socials.
Here are the 2021 #makerdeals so far!
Store – Jared Wolff – Building Wireless Electronic Devices –
Good things come to those who wait!
The Cyber Monday deals on nRF9160 Feather and Air Quality Wing are here!
For a limited time you can get everything at my store for 15% off by using the code cyber15. That includes the nRF9160 Feather, Air Quality Wing and accessories.
Here’s a link to both:
What are “Maker Deals” ? These are companies and people that do electronics, art, engineering, or just something interesting our team wants to spotlight using our Adafruit megaphone – these are not sponsored in any way, we do these each year and yah – some people will point out or dunk on us that we’re promoting our “competitors” but we do not see it that way. Post yours on social with #makerdeals or email’em to pt@adafruit.com , we’ll be posting all weekend through Monday. See last year’s “Welcome to #ADADEALS 2020 sales and more from maker companies that are NOT Adafruit” too … On Tuesday we’ll have our GivingTuesday stuff on the blog and socials.
Here are the 2021 #makerdeals so far!
For the next few days, you will receive 10% OFF any piece of hardware in the store. That includes FPGA related products, Tigard serial interface and BitMagic-Basic Logic Analyzer! They will be discounted through Midnight (US Pacific Standard Time) on November 29th. Apply the discount code: BLACKFRIDAY2021 at checkout.
The discount code applies in our US 1BitSquared store as well as our German 1BitSquared store.
What are “Maker Deals” ? These are companies and people that do electronics, art, engineering, or just something interesting our team wants to spotlight using our Adafruit megaphone – these are not sponsored in any way, we do these each year and yah – some people will point out or dunk on us that we’re promoting our “competitors” but we do not see it that way. Post yours on social with #makerdeals or email’em to pt@adafruit.com , we’ll be posting all weekend through Monday. See last year’s “Welcome to #ADADEALS 2020 sales and more from maker companies that are NOT Adafruit” too … On Tuesday we’ll have our GivingTuesday stuff on the blog and socials.
Here are the 2021 #makerdeals so far!
Holiday Specials – 2600 Magazine –
Honestly, we didn’t think we’d be able to pull it off this year with the many challenges we’ve been facing. But some encouragement and determination was what we needed, and so we are pleased to be able to offer a range of holiday items for your enjoyment this year.
To get to them, just follow this link.
Between supply chain issues and the post office promising to slow things down during the holiday season, we can’t guarantee everything will arrive in time. But we promise to do our very best.
Expect more big news on a number of fronts in the days and weeks ahead. Stay safe.
Check out the sales and more (past issues of 2600 have articles by Ladyada and myself .. CITIZEN ENGINEER).
What are “Maker Deals” ? These are companies and people that do electronics, art, engineering, or just something interesting our team wants to spotlight using our Adafruit megaphone – these are not sponsored in any way, we do these each year and yah – some people will point out or dunk on us that we’re promoting our “competitors” but we do not see it that way. Post yours on social with #makerdeals or email’em to pt@adafruit.com , we’ll be posting all weekend through Monday. See last year’s “Welcome to #ADADEALS 2020 sales and more from maker companies that are NOT Adafruit” too … On Tuesday we’ll have our GivingTuesday stuff on the blog and socials.
Here are the 2021 #makerdeals so far!
Today we explore contemporary Native American architecture!
From a piece on Native American Architecture at Khan Academy.
You are a member of one of the midwestern nations of Native Americans. Your ancestors had no permanent architecture because they were nomadic hunter-gatherers (see photo below). But now you live on a reservation in South Dakota, or near the Twin Cities in Minnesota. You and your relatives want to establish a cultural center, or a day care, or health clinic for your people.
Do you want it to look like the local museum or clinic (image above) built by the Federal or State government? Probably not, because in the post-modern era since about 1965, various groups have proclaimed their specific ethnic identity. Native Americans now reinforce cultural memory despite the near-eradication of their cultures by European-American governments and individual prejudice. This emphasis is now common among other minority and religious groups that have suffered under dominant cultures here and abroad. Your native nation will seek an architect perhaps not of Native American ancestry; that will depend upon available talent and sensitivity to your culture, although increasing numbers of Native Americans have studied architecture. You will want the design to suggest something appropriate to your heritage.
In the Midwest, the result might reflect local types of lodges, tipis, and ceremonial buildings of the past, but made of practical and accessible modern materials since an original tipi made of animal hides would be impermanent and lightweight. When the original hides no longer kept out the weather, they were easily replaced with new ones, but people today want durable materials and have time and funds for less frequent maintenance. The tipi has inspired versions in concrete, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Community Hall (1989) by Johnson, Sheldon, Sorensen, in glass, the Southern Ute Cultural Center (2011), by Jones & Jones* (see image below) and in rough stone with wood beams as in the Chief Gall Inn (1972) designed by Harrison Bagg at the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota.
The Four Winds School (1983) at Fort Totten on the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota by Charles Archambault, Denby Deegan* and Neil McCaleb,* has the overall round shape of a ceremonial lodge or tipi but in order to accommodate classrooms, a gymnasium and cafeteria, the interior is divided into rooms around a circular core containing a tipi for counseling sessions.
Today we explore contemporary Native American architecture!
From a piece on Native American Architecture at Khan Academy.
You are a member of one of the midwestern nations of Native Americans. Your ancestors had no permanent architecture because they were nomadic hunter-gatherers (see photo below). But now you live on a reservation in South Dakota, or near the Twin Cities in Minnesota. You and your relatives want to establish a cultural center, or a day care, or health clinic for your people.
Do you want it to look like the local museum or clinic (image above) built by the Federal or State government? Probably not, because in the post-modern era since about 1965, various groups have proclaimed their specific ethnic identity. Native Americans now reinforce cultural memory despite the near-eradication of their cultures by European-American governments and individual prejudice. This emphasis is now common among other minority and religious groups that have suffered under dominant cultures here and abroad. Your native nation will seek an architect perhaps not of Native American ancestry; that will depend upon available talent and sensitivity to your culture, although increasing numbers of Native Americans have studied architecture. You will want the design to suggest something appropriate to your heritage.
In the Midwest, the result might reflect local types of lodges, tipis, and ceremonial buildings of the past, but made of practical and accessible modern materials since an original tipi made of animal hides would be impermanent and lightweight. When the original hides no longer kept out the weather, they were easily replaced with new ones, but people today want durable materials and have time and funds for less frequent maintenance. The tipi has inspired versions in concrete, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Community Hall (1989) by Johnson, Sheldon, Sorensen, in glass, the Southern Ute Cultural Center (2011), by Jones & Jones* (see image below) and in rough stone with wood beams as in the Chief Gall Inn (1972) designed by Harrison Bagg at the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota.
The Four Winds School (1983) at Fort Totten on the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota by Charles Archambault, Denby Deegan* and Neil McCaleb,* has the overall round shape of a ceremonial lodge or tipi but in order to accommodate classrooms, a gymnasium and cafeteria, the interior is divided into rooms around a circular core containing a tipi for counseling sessions.
