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Under certain conditions, it would be a defensible move, and valuable for the country. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/tWCMiUQ via IFT...

John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec: USB Brightness Control @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #circuitpython

Build a custom brightness controller for your computer or mobile device using CircuitPython. Learn more about CircuitPython from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/HOhU0xV via IFT...

John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec: USB Brightness Control @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #circuitpython

Making a Screen-Accurate Star Wars Lightsaber

There are obviously tons of lightsaber projects online, but most of them take some artistic license with the build. In this I Like to Make Stuff video, Bob Clagett sets himself the task of creating the closest thing to a screen-accurate version of Luke’s lightsaber (given to him by Obi-Wan) from The Empire Strikes Back. He starts with the vintage camera flash bulb handle which is the substrate of the prop weapon. from Adafruit...

Making a Screen-Accurate Star Wars Lightsaber

NEW GUIDE: CircuitPython Trombone Champ Controller #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit @BlitzCityDIY

A new guide today in the Adafruit Learning System: CircuitPython Trombone Champ Controller In this project, you’ll build a custom 3D printed trombone controller for the game Trombone Champ. An Adafruit QT Py RP2040 running CircuitPython code conducts an arcade button and NeoSlider to melodiously play through the game’s unique controls. This...

четверг, 29 сентября 2022 г.

Pimoroni Tufty 2040 Badge Stand Holder #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Funkypiwy shares: Looking for a badge holder and a stand for your Pimoroni Tufty 2040 ? Well, this 3 pieces print allows you to securly protect your favorite “cyber-squirrel”. The bottom / stand part is optional if you are using another mean to power your badge such as Lipo batteries. An additional opening on the side of the case is allowing...

NEW PRODUCT – Re-programmable USB Type-C PD to 2.1/5.5mm Barrel Jack Cable

NEW PRODUCT – Re-programmable USB Type-C PD to 2.1/5.5mm Barrel Jack Cable This unusual cable is sort of the ‘ultimate’ in USB type C Power Delivery (PD) hacking: good for experienced hardware hackers who are comfortable with a cable that can shape-shift from one setting to the other. Instead of having to juggle multiple wall...

DeSantis goes from depraved to docile as he seeks federal aid after Ian

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis noted the Biden administration approved federal aid to his state in after Hurricane Ian devastated many parts of it. So, will he return to being a menacing troll? from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/zbqKnes via IFT...

NEW PRODUCT – Re-programmable USB Type-C PD to 2.1/5.5mm Barrel Jack Cable

NEW PRODUCT – Micro Servo with Alligator Clips

NEW PRODUCT – Micro Servo with Alligator Clips This servo is just like our classic Micro Servo but has 3 alligator clip test leads at the end! This makes it perfect for plug-and-play support with any of our boards with alligator-clip-friendly input/output pins, like the Circuit Playground Express, Clue, and micro:bit! So you can just ‘gator...

John Park’s Workshop — LIVE! TODAY 9/29/22 @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit

It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP! — LIVE! — Coming up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Today! LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Today’s project: Ortholinear Split Keyboard Also: Gear Report CircuitPython Parsec Product Pick Recap Fresh Discount Code The live video will be on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. Join...

Republicans unironically whine about free speech violations at schools

In a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, GOP Reps. James Comer of Kentucky and Virginia Foxx of North Carolina called for an investigation into alleged free speech violations on college campuses. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/QvJC0ok via IFT...

среда, 28 сентября 2022 г.

SHOW and TELL 9/28/2022 #ShowandTell

SHOW and TELL 9/28/2022 #ShowandTell The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! 9/28/2022 – video. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/41BCGZI via IFT...

Cassie Sets World Record for 100M Run

They’re getting faster. Cassie, out of Oregon State, just acheived the Guinness World Record for the fastest 100 meter dash. Being bipedal adds an uncanny valley effect to this bot that is a little unsettling. Cassie, the robot, clocked the historic time of 24.73 seconds at the Whyte Track and Field Center, starting from a standing position...

SHOW and TELL 9/28/2022 #ShowandTell

'Let's get right to the violence': Roger Stone in new documentary footage

The House Jan. 6 Committee this week will show footage of Roger Stone recorded by Danish filmmakers in the documentary 'A Storm Foretold'. The film's directors Christoffer Guldbrandsen and Frederik Marbell join Morning Joe to discuss. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/UoDqPlh via IFT...

Fiber Optic Dress #WearableWednesday

If you aren’t following @Crescentshay you are missing out. She specializes in elegant wear with a heavy influence of maker ethos. A lot of the pieces have a fresh take on cosplay, sort of cosplay adjacent. We especially like the Fiber Optic dress because: glowy things. But really all of them are worth checking out. You can see longer form/how...

When the Push Button Was New, People Were Freaked @JSTOR_Daily

The doorbell. The intercom. The elevator. Once upon a time, beginning in the late nineteenth century, pushing the button that activated such devices was a strange new experience. The electric push button, the now mundane-seeming interface between human and machine, was originally a spark for wonder, anxiety, and social transformation. As...

NEW GUIDE: Adafruit ENS160 MOX Gas Sensor #AdafruitLearningSystem #Adafruit @adafruit @blitzcitydiy

You can build a digital nose with the ENS160 Gas Sensor, a fully integrated MOX gas sensor. This is a very fine air quality sensor from the sensor experts at ScioSense, with I2C interfacing so you don’t have to manage the heater and analog reading of a MOX sensor. It combines multiple metal-oxide sensing and heating elements on...

вторник, 27 сентября 2022 г.

New revelations about who was talking to and texting whom during and before Capitol insurrection

A former Jan. 6 committee senior adviser says that a call was placed from the White House switchboard to an insurrectionist’s cellphone. Ahead of the next Jan. 6 committee hearing on Wednesday, Joy Reid and her panel discuss the implications of this allegation. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/Et1FCZx via IFT...

Protests grow across Russia over Putin's mobilization call

Protests are erupting in Russia in response to Vladimir Putin announcing the partial mobilization of military reservists, a significant escalation of his war in Ukraine after battlefield setbacks left the Kremlin facing growing pressure to act. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/ZObaMBI via IFT...

Trump coup nightmare: Aides testify as DOJ moves up the line in criminal probe

After charging over 900 people for crimes relating to storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, there are new signs the DOJ is eyeing more senior Trump officials who may have helped plan Jan. 6 -- even if they did not trespass that day. Federal prosecutors have sent 40 more subpoenas in the criminal probe, including Trump's top aides. MSNBC's Ari Melber reports on the progress and contrasts within that probe, asking whether senior Trump...

Metallic Bird Sculptures Made from Vintage Typewriters #ArtTuesday

Jeremy Mayer transforms typewriters into complex but beautiful art. This series focuses on an impressive array of birds! See more on Colossal and check out his instagram @jeremymayer. Jeremy Mayer challenges the notion that typewriters’ creative output is confined to the written word. The artist scours shops and trash bins near his Bay...

Why this Texas rant masquerading as a pro-Trump legal filing was so indefensible

As a rant masquerading as a legal filing, it was unbecoming of any lawyer. As a brief signed by the attorneys general of nearly a dozen U.S. states, it was indefensible. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/rGKzEjS via IFT...

Metallic Bird Sculptures Made from Vintage Typewriters #ArtTuesday

Manufacturing Monday 9/26/2022 @adafruit #adafruit

Manufacturing Monday 9/26/2022 @adafruit #adafruit Soldering and testing a batch of Pixie – 3W Chainable Smart LED Pixel! from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/wsN2Jya via IFT...

India's rebuke of Putin over Ukraine should comfort the U.S.

The U.S. should not treat the Global South’s welcoming of multipolarity as anti-Americanism. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/xP5Uf8X via IFT...

понедельник, 26 сентября 2022 г.

Rotating Toolchanger

Stefan of CNC Kitchen shares this neat find at the Midwest RepRap Festival this year. Named The Filament Star,this tool changer can make 3D printing easier and more interesting. The Filament Star, that I found at the Midwest RepRap Festival 2022, is a 3D printing tool head that rotates to switch tools. Jerry and Jack Fisher from US 3D LLC implemented this concept on their Ender-5 together with a DUET and extension board. Due...

'There is nothing conservative' about Gioria Meloni, says historian

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni is set to become Italian prime minister, and historian and professor Ruth Ben Ghiat joins Morning Joe to discuss Meloni's background and why Meloni is not simply a 'conservative'. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/fNcC9nO via IFT...

Trump overtly embraces QAnon movement

NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard reports on former President Trump's overt embrace of the QAnon movement and how QAnon conspiracy theories impacted one American family. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/vV07XRF via IFT...

At least 15 dead after gunman opens fire in Russian school

A gunman with a swastika on his T-shirt killed at least 15 people, including 11 children, and wounded dozens more at a school in Izhevsk, Russia, on Monday before committing suicide, according to investigators. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson has the details. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/0kj9mQd via IFT...

'There is nothing conservative' about Gioria Meloni, says historian

Trump WH and rioter had call during Jan. 6 attack, according to new book

Denver Riggleman, a former GOP lawmaker who served on the committee’s staff, alleged in a CBS' '60 Minutes' interview he knew of a call between the White House switchboard and a rioter during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The House Jan. 6 committee is "aware of" that call, according to Rep. Jamie Raskin. The Washington Post's Jackie Alemany discusses. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/tad1MWg via IFT...

GOP nominee jokes about kidnapping plot against Michigan governor

Tudor Dixon, Michigan’s GOP nominee for governor, joked about a 2020 kidnapping plot against rival Gov. Gretchen Whitmer during a pair of campaign events Friday. The Morning Joe panel discusses Dixon's remarks and Whitmer's response. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/mGbg2is via IFT...

воскресенье, 25 сентября 2022 г.

Insanely Cool Steampunky Wild West Circus Diorama #SciFiSunday

Here’s your crafting visual ASMR for the day. YouTube crafter Boylei has been building a sci-fi/steampunky Wild West town on his channel. In this video collaboration with Craftastrophe, he builds a Buffalo Show traveling circus tent and snake oil wagon. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/xKDbkHP via IFT...

Insanely Cool Steampunky Wild West Circus Diorama #SciFiSunday

Transient Luminous Events: Sprites, Jets, and ELVES

The James Webb Space Telescope is showing us the universe as we’ve never seen it before. But there’s a lot to see in the upper atmosphere of our own Earth. Satellites outfitted with the most recent camera technology can now see what were once rare, distant events with astonishing resolution. Transient Luminous Events are spectacular and mysterious types of lightning that happen in the upper atmosphere. And we get to see them...

Transient Luminous Events: Sprites, Jets, and ELVES

Optimizing Space in a Small Workshop

In this video on Scott Walsh’s channel, he runs through the considerations you must make when organizing a really small workshop. Some of the things he covers include making hard decisions about what tools you really need in the shop and which ones just take up too must space for the frequency of use. Go with tools that can do double duty (e.g. if you’re not cutting down a lot of lengthy material, you can do all of your cutting...

Optimizing Space in a Small Workshop

Polygon Asks: What is the future of Star Wars movies? #SciFiSunday

After getting the official word that Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is no longer happening (at least any time soon), Michael McWhertor over at Polygon speculated about the updated timeline of theatrical releases within the Star Wars universe. McWhertor points out that even though fans are right to be disappointed at the consistent carrot-dangling...

Trump's latest no good, very bad week was difficult to downplay — even for Fox News

It sure seems like Trump can’t continue on like this. But then I’ve thought that before. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/HcWsGBq via IFT...

суббота, 24 сентября 2022 г.

Tropical Storm Ian set to strengthen into hurricane before hitting Florida panhandle

Tropical Storm Ian is forecasted to hit central or western Florida as a hurricane by the middle of next week, but it is still too early to determine exactly where and how strong it could get. NBC News’ Bill Karins provides the latest on the storm’s path from its position south of Jamaica. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/2Lu8xJ9 via IFT...

Puerto Rico Struggles to Recover After Fiona Wiped Out Power and Water

Thousands in Puerto Rico are without water or electricity after Hurricane Fiona. Ivonne Rodríguez-Wiewall and Laura N. Pérez Sánchez are on the ground to talk with Tiffany Cross about how residents are coping and the slow recovery of the island. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/pVebxBc via IFT...

Building an E-Bike Out of Cardboard?

James Bruton has been experimenting with all sorts of unusual vehicle designs. In this video, he wants to know if he can create a ridable e-bike with cardboard as the main building material, including the wheels. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/cyYbHw9 via IFT...

Building an E-Bike Out of Cardboard?

пятница, 23 сентября 2022 г.

Raspberry Pi Spy Reviews the CrowPi L Raspberry Pi Laptop and Learning Platform #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi

Raspberry Pi Spy shares their opinion of the CrowPi L. Functioning as a portable laptop, the CrowPi runs on a Pi4 and has GPIO access. Seems cool. CrowPi L is a Raspberry Pi 4 based laptop created by Elecrow. It is a slightly different variation of the CrowPi 2 which was released in the summer or 2020. The idea is that the device is as...

Senate committee advances bill to help news organizations combat Big Tech's power

Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee advance a bill that could give news organizations more power to negotiate with Big Tech. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/fBJozvC via IFT...

Raspberry Pi Spy Reviews the CrowPi L Raspberry Pi Laptop and Learning Platform #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi

Why Trump’s latest weird rhetoric about Obama matters

Why does it matter that Trump is still pushing a six-week-old lie about Obama? Because in the Mar-a-Lago scandal, the Republican is clearly flailing. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/eVGr0dW via IFT...

On multiple fronts, House GOP leaders trip over agenda rollout

Kevin McCarthy and his team had 15 months to prepare for the rollout of their "Commitment to America." It has not gone smoothly. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/D01uFpY via IFT...

DeSantis flunks American history test with nonsensical slavery rant

While denouncing The New York Times' "1619 Project," Florida's right-wing governor claimed no one questioned slavery before the American Revolution. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/aSKbFln via IFT...

Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski #HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth #PhysicsGirl

Just under 30 and Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski has already had a full carreer. Her interest in physics is truly all encompassing. Gonzalez Pasterski is currently a theoretical physicist. At 16 she leaned into the practical applications and built her own airplane…and then flew it! She is “a proud first-generation Cuban-American and Chicago...

Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski #HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth #PhysicsGirl

четверг, 22 сентября 2022 г.

Card Deck Stand – For Card and Board Games #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Shared by kacey3 on Thingiverse: We play a lot of Flying Frog games and most of those games utilize a lot of card decks. In order to tidy up the decks on the table, I designed this deck stand. There’s a 5-up stand and a 7-up stand, and they are designed with an offset so that they can sit on the table next to each other. Note: these are...

Trump-backed GOP candidate once argued against women's voting rights

John Gibbs, a 2020 election denier backed by Trump in the race to represent Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District, once argued against women's suffrage. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/CP3RxeQ via IFT...

Appeals court rejects part of Trump judge's ruling, allows DOJ to resume doc review

A federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Justice Department, putting a partial stay on the order from Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon that would have prevented the government from using the Mar-a-Lago classified materials in their ongoing criminal investigation. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/yZLuHEv via IFT...

Hexagonal Chainmail / Plate Armour #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Burcotech shares: Taking inspiration from other 3D Printed print-in-place fabric / chainmail, I thought to put my own spin on it and created this. The two primary components interlock together in a similar manner to other PIP chainmail designs to create a snowflake like pattern. I have also created provision for hexagonal plates to be pressed...

Hexagonal Chainmail / Plate Armour #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Why didn’t DeSantis follow through on Texas-to-Delaware stunt?

Team DeSantis was prepared to fly another group of migrants, this time to Delaware. So why was the flight canceled? from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/DnToX8Y via IFT...

NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit EYESPI Breakout Board – 18 Pin FPC Connector

NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit EYESPI Breakout Board – 18 Pin FPC Connector Our most recent display breakouts have come with a new feature: an 18-pin “EYE SPI” standard FPC connector with flip-top connector. This is intended to be a sort-of “STEMMA QT for displays” – a way to quickly connect and extend display wiring that uses a...

среда, 21 сентября 2022 г.

SHOW and TELL 9/21/2022 #ShowandTell

The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! 9/21/2022 – video. from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! https://ift.tt/FcAMXa6 via IFT...

A Look Back at our LED Stick Person Costume #WearableWednesday

Last year, Erin showed us how to make stick person costumes using neon LED strips. With Halloween a few weeks away, this may serve as inspiration for your costume! Don’t want to be a stick person? No problem! Mix and match LEDs and light up any costume you have. Build a neon stick-person costume from LED neon strips. These strips glow really brightly when connected to power, without the need for additional controllers or code...

India's rebuke of Putin over Ukraine should comfort the U.S.

The U.S. should not treat the Global South’s welcoming of multipolarity as anti-Americanism. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/wAmG7Rc via IFT...

A Look Back at our LED Stick Person Costume #WearableWednesday

Geoffrey Berman reveals how Donald Trump abused his firing power

Congress must protect against lawless presidents — or risk democracy itself. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/Lud418w via IFT...

Master vs. MAGA: Team Trump rebuked in court over stolen docs

Donald Trump’s legal team and the DOJ meet in court for the first time before the newly appointed special master, Judge Raymond Dearie. Dearie slamming Trump’s team for avoiding answering questions and reportedly expressed skepticism on claims of declassifying Mar-A-Lago documents. Former Federal Prosecutor John Flannery joins MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber on the latest in the document scandal, shredding Trump’s...

вторник, 20 сентября 2022 г.

Trump ally Mike Lindell must face defamation suit over election-rigging claims

MyPillow Inc. Chief Executive Mike Lindell must face a defamation lawsuit brought by a voting machine company that the Trump ally falsely accused of rigging the 2020 U.S. election, a Minnesota federal judge ruled on Monday. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/hG3Xj7d via IFT...

NBC poll shows how Donald Trump is ‘uniquely capable of dividing the Republican party’

Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) and Former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) weigh in on a new NBC poll that shows just 33 percent of Republicans consider themselves loyal to Donald Trump over the Republican party, the lowest level since the question first appeared in NBC polling. 'It actually indicates that Donald Trump is the one Republican leader today uniquely capable of dividing the party,' said Rep. Jolly, 'What that number tells us is if...

The First Amendment deserves more respect than these judges give it

Far from promoting First Amendment rights, the 5th Circuit’s ruling seems to end them for large social media companies. from MSNBC Top Stories https://ift.tt/R5H1hFK via IFT...

Bronx Film Wednesdays: Cortos Latinoamericanos #ArtTuesday

Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater recently shared short films from across Latin America. Each story uniquely examines life and tells stories that will draw you in. This month, BxFW celebrates Hispanic Heritage with a selection of standout short films from the Caribbean to Argentina See the full list and ways to watch on the Pregones...

Bronx Film Wednesdays: Cortos Latinoamericanos #ArtTuesday