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did some engineering the last day of the year at adafrui, had a helper see ya in 2023! – ladyada & ptorrone… and kiddo!

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#NewProducts 12/26/22 feat. #Adafruit Feather RP2040 SCORPIO – 8 Channel NeoPixel Driver! @adafruit

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NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEK

Adafruit 16×9 Charlieplexed PWM LED Matrix Driver – IS31FL3731 – STEMMA QT / Qwiic: To get you going fast, we spun up a custom-made PCB in the STEMMA QT form factor, making it easy to interface with. The STEMMA QT connectors on either side are compatible with the SparkFun Qwiic I2C connectors. This allows you to make solderless connections between your development board and the IS31FL3731 or to chain it with a wide range of other sensors and accessories using a compatible cable. The IS31 is compatible with 3-5V power and logic, so it’s ready to go with just about any microcontroller or microcomputer board!

ChronoDot – Ultra-precise Real Time Clock – v3: The ChronoDot V3 is the latest version of macetech’s popular ChronoDot line of products. Designed during the Great Chip Shortage, it uses the newly-released MAX31328 temperature-compensated real-time clock chip. However, it remains pin- and code-compatible with the older DS3231-based ChronoDots, and has the same clock accuracy and drift specifications. The MAX31328 chip is also in a smaller package, which allowed a few additional enhancements to the design.

Adafruit PCA9546 4-Channel I2C Multiplexer – TCA9546A Compatible: You just found the perfect I2C sensor, and you want to wire up two or three or more of them to your Arduino when you realize “Uh oh, this chip has a fixed I2C address, and from what I know about I2C, you cannot have two devices with the same address on the same SDA/SCL pins!” Are you out of luck? You would be if you didn’t have this ultra-cool PCA9546 1-to-4 I2C multiplexer!

Adafruit PCA9546 4-Channel STEMMA QT / Qwiic I2C Multiplexer – TCA9546A Compatible: In case you’re wondering why this uses the PCA9546 and not the TCA9546A, the PCA9546 is the ‘fraternal twin sister’ of the TCA9546 but is easier to get during the great chip shortage of 2022. It works exactly the same, just can’t go down to 1.8V power which is OK because QT boards are 3V or 5V only anyways. You can still use any example code or library for the TCA9546 or TCA9548

Adafruit QT 3V to 5V Level Booster Breakout – STEMMA QT / Qwiic: If you’re looking to use the Qwiic / Stemma QT standard for your next project – but you’re using a sensor or device that requires 5V power or logic, this board is designed for you! It will let you use the 3V power and logic from your Raspberry Pi, or ARM Cortex microcontroller, and boost/shift it up to 5V for use with older or high-power devices that aren’t happy with only 3V.

Adafruit Feather RP2040 SCORPIO – 8 Channel NeoPixel Driver: If there is one thing Adafruit is known for, its mega-blinky-fun-rainbow-LEDs. We just love sticking NeoPixels anywhere and everywhere. When we saw the new ‘PIO’ peripheral on the RP2040 from Raspberry Pi, we just knew it would be perfect for driving large quantities of NeoPixels. So we created this board, the Adafruit Feather RP2040 SCORPIO, designed specifically for NeoPixel (WS2812) driving but also good for various other PIO-based projects that want to take advantage of the Feather pinout with 8 separate consecutive outputs (or inputs).

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Polygon’s 50 Best Video Games of 2022

It is the last day of 2022 and at some point today, I will be spending time playing a video game. Whether you’re into RPGs, open worlds, or anything in between, there is a video game out there for you. Maybe it made Polygon‘s list.

For me, it’s this erasure, reinterpretation, and reinforcement of genres that defines the list below. Sure, a clear winner emerged as Polygon staffers’ votes began to trickle in — a surefire indication of the one game we collectively predict will, looking back from some point in the future, be the video game of 2022. But still: I’m amazed at how many other games have equally strong arguments for that top slot. As studios splinter, ideas disperse, and developer talent strides off toward new horizons, it’s undeniably apparent that the medium’s best work is still only a seed in some creator’s imagination — and if the pattern holds, it will take a fair number of asterisks, caveats, and parentheticals to describe it.

Check out the full list.

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25 Tabletop Gaming Hobby Tips, Tricks, and Tools from 2022

52 Minitaures has a fantastic round-up of tips and tools for tabletop game modeling.

The tips include things like using soda can tin as a modeling material, mixing Green Stuff and Milliput 50/50, keeping the tip on a super glue bottle from not drying out by not screwing the cap on tight (what!?), using large make-up brushes in modeling, 3D printing tips, and lots, lots more.

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25 Tabletop Gaming Hobby Tips, Tricks, and Tools from 2022

52 Minitaures has a fantastic round-up of tips and tools for tabletop game modeling.

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Hackster.io’s Top News Articles for 2022

On LinkedIn, Hackster.io listed their top ten Hackster News Stories for 2022:

1 // Arduino unveils the Opta, its first “micro PLC” for the Industrial Internet of Things: https://lnkd.in/esg2B2Qk

2 // Wi-Peep exploit allows an attacker to covertly locate all of the Wi-Fi-enabled devices in a building quickly using inexpensive hardware: https://lnkd.in/dFuSmy4C

3 // WiFi Cam 2.0 captures ‘photos’ of wireless signals: https://lnkd.in/gRa8Py4W

4 // This surprisingly responsive website is hosted on an HP 200LX palmtop from the early ’90s: https://lnkd.in/gb56tfny

5 // Tony Brobston’s 3D-printed ESP8266 smart vents put every vent in your home under MQTT control: https://lnkd.in/g_CwFmMp

6 // Pegor’s F91 Kepler is a work-in-progress open-hardware smartwatch reboot of Casio’s classic F-91W: https://lnkd.in/gxKvQVmg

7 // Building a Raspberry Pi HUD headset: https://lnkd.in/gW-X943E

8 // This real-life “invisibility cloak” hides you from person-detecting machine learning models: https://lnkd.in/g5rv_CJi

9 // This amateur radio antenna is made from a single tape measure: https://lnkd.in/gRS3rN5A

10 // Low-cost connectivity for the IoT — hands-on with the Raspberry Pi Pico W: https://lnkd.in/gF4YtHqc

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пятница, 30 декабря 2022 г.

Electronics, Adafruit-themed printable high-contrast images for babies or anyone … (PDFs)

I understand that babies are attracted to high-contrast images because they are visually stimulating for their developing brains to process. High contrast refers to a significant difference in brightness between two adjacent colors or objects. High-contrast images create a clear and distinct separation between the two, which can appeal more to a baby’s eye than more subtle or muted contrasts.

During the first few months of life, a baby’s visual system is still developing, and they cannot see as clearly as an adult. They are also more sensitive to contrast and can perceive more significant differences in brightness than adults. As a result, high-contrast images can be more engaging and stimulating for babies, helping to hold their attention and support their visual development.

In addition to being visually appealing, high-contrast images can also help babies learn to focus and track moving objects, as the sharp contrast makes it easier for them to distinguish different parts of the picture. Many toys and books designed for babies often feature high-contrast patterns or images.

PDFs

Download PDF 01 & Downloads PDF 02.

Here are some we have printed out in addition to some M.C Esher, and Penrose triangles.

This is also pretty much an excuse to print out Burtonesque everythings.

Cmbr

Also pictured, cosmic background radiation (300,000 years after the “Big Bang” … about 14 billion years ago).

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It's time airlines like Southwest pay for making their passengers' lives hell

Will Southwest Airlines survive its latest holiday meltdown after canceling thousands of flights, exposing the lack of passenger protections and rights?

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Greta Thunberg's Twitter heroics hide a very depressing reality

Before Andrew Tate got arrested in Romania, Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate change activist, schooled Tate on Twitter. Women get her pain.

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The federal anti-TikTok crusade has a big blind spot

Banning TikTok is not a good use of Biden or Republican lawmakers' time in 2022. And yet to start 2023, their fears of Chinese social media abuse are growing.

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Adafruit’s Top Ten New Products of 2022 #AdafruitTopTen

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Adafruit’s Top Ten New Products of 2022 #AdafruitTopTen

We did it! Another year! Here are our top ten new products of the year

10. Socket Headers for Raspberry Pi Pico – 2 x 20 pin Female Headers

These Socket Headers alone are, well, lonely. But pair them with the Raspberry Pi Pico, and you’re in business!

Socket headers are like the duct tape of electronics. They’re great for connecting things, soldering to perf-boards, sockets for wires or break-away header, etc. These particular ones are designed to match up with boards that have two rows of 20 pins, so you can plug things in and out with ease.

Note: Kit includes two 20-pin header. Pico not included.

9. Snap Action 2-to-6 Wiring Block Connector

Snap action blocks are perfect when you have to quickly wire up a bunch of free-hanging components, and you don’t want to solder. They’re much easier to use than wire nuts, and of course, they are reuseable and do not require any crimping!

This is a 2 to 6 wire block: there are two separate inputs and two sets of three outputs. They’re color-coded so easy to follow; the blue and red inputs match the colored outputs. Great for basic power or signal fan-outs.

8. Snap Action 3-to-3 Wiring Block Connector

This is a 3 to 3 wire block: there are three separate inputs and three separate outputs. They’re color coded so easy to follow, the red, yellow, and blue inputs match the colored outputs. Great for wire splicing, not for fan-outs (we have separate snap-action blocks that are good for that)

7. Adafruit ESP32 Feather V2 – 8MB Flash + 2 MB PSRAM

One of our star Feathers is the Adafruit HUZZAH32 ESP32 Feather – with the fabulous ESP32 WROOM module on there, it makes quick work of WiFi and Bluetooth projects that take advantage of Espressifs most popular chipset. Recently we had to redesign this feather to move from the obsolete CP2104 to the available CH9102F and one thing led to another and before you know it we made a completely refreshed design: the Adafruit ESP32 Feather V2.

6. Short Plug Headers for Raspberry Pi Pico – 2 x 20 Male Headers

These two Short Plug / Male Headers alone are, well, lonely. But pair them with the Raspberry Pi Pico, and you’re in business!

These 2.54mm / 0.1″ pitch headers are particularly cute and tiny and are designed to match perfectly with the Pico and our short socket headers. Note that you could use normal header with those sockets headers, but these are short and don’t need clipping. Great for when you want a super-slim easy-to-plug kit of Pico + hardware.

Note: Kit includes two 20-pin header. Pico not included.

5. nOOds – Flexible LED Filament – 3V 300mm long – Warm White

Our favorite food when hacking on code or electronics is a hot bowl of noodles – and around NYC these are often called ‘noods’! What we’ve got here are flexible LED noodles, in different lengths and colors. All are not good for eatin’ but they are good for cool lighting effects

These are often seen in ‘Edison-like’ LED bulbs, shaped into hearts or stars or just wound around to create a fun or warm lighting effect. They’re made of dozens of micro LED diodes that are bonded together on an ultra flexible metal backing, then coated in colorful silicone for protection. Since the LEDs are in parallel, you only need 3V to light ’em up – we recommend current limiting with a resistor to let max 50mA through.

Comes one per pack. Add some mini, noodle-y neon bling to your miniature sets, dioramas, dollhouses, mini-verses, what have you! These look and feel like what we always wanted out of EL wire, and because they’re just a ‘big long LED’ you can PWM dim them easily.

4. nOOds – Flexible LED Filament – 3V 130mm long – Warm White

3. Adafruit KB2040 – RP2040 Kee Boar Driver

A wild Kee Boar appears! It’s a shiny KB2040! An Arduino Pro Micro-shaped board for Keebs with RP2040. (#keeblife 4 evah) A lot of folks like using Adafruit parts for their Keeb builds – but with the ItsyBitsy not being pin-compatible with the Pro Micro pinout, it really wasn’t very easy without some sort of adapter plate.

Now we’re seeing lots of people use CircuitPython for keebs, which is awesome! So why not try our hands at spinning up a pro-micro-compatible RP2040 board? The RP2040 is plenty powerful, low-cost, and makes for an excellent keeb driver chip.

2. Raspberry Pi Pico W

The Raspberry Pi foundation changed single-board computing when they released the Raspberry Pi computer, now they’re ready to do the same for microcontrollers with the release of the brand new Raspberry Pi Pico W. This low-cost microcontroller board features their powerful new chip, the RP2040, and all the fixin’s to get started with IoT embedded electronics projects at a stress-free price.

Raspberry Pi Pico W brings WiFi + BLE (coming soon) wireless networking to the Pico platform while retaining complete pin compatibility with its older sibling.

1. Adafruit MOSFET Driver – For Motors, Solenoids, LEDs, etc

Sparky the Blue Smoke Monster shows up whenever the magic smoke is let out of an electronic component. And his very favorite is whenever folks first start with electronics and robotics: wiring up a motor or solenoid or high power LED is a perfect recipe for getting that blue smoke out of an Arduino or Raspberry Pi. Why? Because these high-current devices can’t be connected directly to a GPIO pin on a microcontroller! They need to have a transistor / MOSFET driver, plus a kickback-protection diode that will absorb the inductive ‘kick’ caused by turning on-and-off motors and solenoids. Without that driver and diode – your tronix will go poof!

We have tutorials on how to wire up the components to create a transistor driver on a breadboard, but its easy to put the diode in backwards, or pick the wrong kind of transistor. And some folks don’t want to have the extra breadboard for just controlling a simple motor fan or solenoid. Which is why we designed the Adafruit STEMMA MOSFET Driver for Motors, Solenoids, and LEDs.

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Every Wednesday night at 8pm ET join us for our weekly live video & chatroom! Visit http://adafruit.com/ask for more info. You can ask anything about electronics, kits at Adafruit or just stop in to meet other makers who are building cool things!

3D Hangouts – Thursdays

Hang out with Noe & Pedro Ruiz every week and discover 3D printing! Get your 3D news, projects, design tutorials, shop talk and more each week..

New Products – Updated Fridays

Each week Ladyada shows the newest great electronics at Adafruit!

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Join Ladyada streaming live for circuit board layout design, code writing, surface mount soldering and more fresh engineering and even some gaming! If Ladyada’s working on it, you’ll find it here first.

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Chip Shortage includes videos about the ongoing chip shortage in the electronics industry. Adafruit founder Ladyada discusses the current state and highlights products that are hard to get or possibly “unobtainium”.

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Project builds, hacks, and mods from John Park’s Workshop!

Advanced Manufacturing: Made in NYC by Adafruit!

This playlist highlights Adafruit manufacturing right here in NYC!

And so much more!

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четверг, 29 декабря 2022 г.

Why George Santos is the perfect poster boy for House Republicans

George Santos is the perfect face of the House GOP, showing the party’s unabated thirst for power and the underhanded ways its members are willing to quench it.

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Utra-slim Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W snapin case for 2020 profiles #3DThursday #3DPrinting

ruiaxe shares:

Remix for a 2020 profile, thanks to Theunicyclist for original model.

https://www.printables.com/model/270886-utra-slim-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-case-for-prusa-min

download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5627229

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!

LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord

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Utra-slim Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W snapin case for 2020 profiles #3DThursday #3DPrinting

ruiaxe shares:

Remix for a 2020 profile, thanks to Theunicyclist for original model.

https://www.printables.com/model/270886-utra-slim-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-case-for-prusa-min

download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5627229

LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord

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Shop for parts to build your own DIY projects http://adafru.it/3dprinting

3D Printing Projects Playlist:

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Layer by Layer CAD Tutorials Playlist:

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Monitor Stand with Drawer #3Dprinting #3DThursday

Gmur shared this project on Thingiverse!

Monitor stand with Drawer.

Raised monitor by 30mm and also installed drawer for pens and other items

200mm diameter stand, drawer 165mmL by 100mmW.

Download files: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5568779

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Pybricks – run MicroPython easily on LEGO controllers #LEGO @MicroPython @laurensvalk

Pybricks is Python coding for smart LEGO® hubs. Run MicroPython scripts directly on the hub, and get full control of your motors and sensors.

Pybricks runs on LEGO® BOOST, City, Technic, MINDSTORMS®, and SPIKE®. You can code using Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook, and Android.

You can restore the original LEGO firmware with ease. This is very well coded, it even has a dark mode!

See the site at code.pybricks.com and the author Twitter.

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среда, 28 декабря 2022 г.

Sword of Hearth and Home #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Tekcor17 shares:

Sword of Hearth and Home, based on original art created by Chris Rahn for Magic the Gathering.

At full size the sword measure 761mm from tip to pommel. It is held together by three 8mm dowels, and twelve 3mm pins. The model is pre sectioned into eleven parts so it can be built on smaller printers, an uncut version it also available.

download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5544670

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George Santos’ wall of GOP support starts to show serious cracks

The Republican Party's unified support for Rep.-elect George Santos has suddenly become a lot less unified.

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'Perfect storm' of internal and external problems broke Southwest Airlines

Justin George, transportation reporter for the Washington Post, discusses the "perfect storm" of broken internal systems and extreme weather events that shattered service by Southwest Airlines, cancelling thousands of flights and stranding thousands of passengers.

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LIVE NOW! SHOW and TELL 12/28/2022 with @blitzcitydiy #ShowandTell @adafruit

The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! Right now! 12/28/2022 at 7:30pm Eastern.

Hosted this week by Liz Clark.

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LIVE NOW! SHOW and TELL 12/28/2022 with @blitzcitydiy #ShowandTell @adafruit

The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! Right now! 12/28/2022 at 7:30pm Eastern.

Hosted this week by Liz Clark.

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U.S. to implement Covid rules for travelers from China

The U.S. has announced travelers from China will be required to have a negative Covid-19 test before departing amid a surge of cases in the country. NBC's Josh Lederman reports.

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вторник, 27 декабря 2022 г.

What Happened to the Puppets from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?

We watched Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer this Christmas, like we do every year. This ode to the beauty of the misfit really spoke to me as a kid. And still does.

In this fascinating video, a fan of the film tries to track down one of the stop-motion puppets and ends up finding out all sorts of interesting facts about them and the creation of the film.

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What Happened to the Puppets from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?

We watched Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer this Christmas, like we do every year. This ode to the beauty of the misfit really spoke to me as a kid. And still does.

In this fascinating video, a fan of the film tries to track down one of the stop-motion puppets and ends up finding out all sorts of interesting facts about them and the creation of the film.

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Ancient Egyptian Murals Show Lifelike Doves, Kingfishers, and Other Birds #ArtTuesday

Fascinating ancient art studied from early reproductions. Not only significant for art history but also for biome history. Via Gizmodo:

According to the study authors, the Green Room paintings are “some of the most skillfully rendered and naturalistic images of birds known from Dynastic Egypt.” Indeed, the likenesses depicted in the facsimile paintings are unlike most Ancient Egyptian artworks you’ve probably seen.

The animal renderings are exceptionally lifelike—so much so that the researchers identified specific species that presumably lived in the region some 3,300 years ago. The pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis), the rock pigeon (Columba livia), and palm doves (Streptopelia senegalensis) were all identifiable. Another bird may have been a reddish turtle dove or a shrike.

See more!

Every Tuesday is Art Tuesday here at Adafruit! Today we celebrate artists and makers from around the world who are designing innovative and creative works using technology, science, electronics and more. You can start your own career as an artist today with Adafruit’s conductive paints, art-related electronics kits, LEDs, wearables, 3D printers and more! Make your most imaginative designs come to life with our helpful tutorials from the Adafruit Learning System. And don’t forget to check in every Art Tuesday for more artistic inspiration here on the Adafruit Blog!

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Portraits on Maps #ArtTuesday

In the work of English artist Ed Fairburn, maps are landscapes for portraits. Here’s more from COLOSSAL:

As an avid map collector, he is fascinated by the urban landscape and cartographic design. “The more maps I collect, the more I want to create,” he tells Colossal, sharing that transportation routes like roads and bridges can be likened to the veins or arteries of the body.

Fairburn’s intricate drawings directly respond to the layout of the original map. “I allow the composition of each map to inform the composition of each portrait,” he explains. An interest in the body as metaphorical landscape and vice versa also informs how he approaches each piece. “In a wider sense, I hope that my work pushes viewers to think about those similarities, and perhaps offers a reminder that we’re shaped by the landscape around us, which we in turn are also shaping.”

See more!

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Why artificial intelligence needs to be on your mind in 2023

The world is rapidly becoming more reliant on artificial intelligence technology, and the implications of AI for society are both exciting and worrying.

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Ancient Egyptian Murals Show Lifelike Doves, Kingfishers, and Other Birds #ArtTuesday

Fascinating ancient art studied from early reproductions. Not only significant for art history but also for biome history. Via Gizmodo:

According to the study authors, the Green Room paintings are “some of the most skillfully rendered and naturalistic images of birds known from Dynastic Egypt.” Indeed, the likenesses depicted in the facsimile paintings are unlike most Ancient Egyptian artworks you’ve probably seen.

The animal renderings are exceptionally lifelike—so much so that the researchers identified specific species that presumably lived in the region some 3,300 years ago. The pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis), the rock pigeon (Columba livia), and palm doves (Streptopelia senegalensis) were all identifiable. Another bird may have been a reddish turtle dove or a shrike.

See more!

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понедельник, 26 декабря 2022 г.

Virginia Tech Researchers Earn National Recognition for Advances in Drone Practices #drone #droneday

Researchers at Virginia Tech‘s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have received the 2022 Excellence in Multistage Research Award for the project “Research and Extension for Unmanned Aircraft Systems in U.S. Agriculture and Natural Resources”, focusing on reliable, cost-effective, and user-friendly drone platforms and sensors for agriculture and natural resources:

To maximize the accuracy of the data collected, project members developed hardware, software, and detailed protocols for calibrating and using drones.

Welcome to drone day on the Adafruit blog. Every Monday we deliver the latest news, products and more from the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), quadcopter and drone communities. Drones can be used for video & photography (dronies), civil applications, policing, farming, firefighting, military and non-military security work, such as surveillance of pipelines. Previous posts can be found via the #drone tag and our drone / UAV categories.

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John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec: I2C Scanning @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #circuitpython

Scan the I2C bus for device addresses in CircuitPython.
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'Blizzard of the century': At least 55 dead in brutal winter storm

NBC’s Dasha Burns reports on how at least 55 people have died due to the winter storm, specifically in Eerie County, New York, where the death toll is at least 18. Gov. Kathy Hochul tweeted that President Biden promised to approve a request for a federal emergency disaster declaration.

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The U.S. tackles growing flu and Covid cases

The next few weeks might be a critical turning point for this country's fight against three different viruses. Dr. Vin Gupta joins Morning Joe to discuss.

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Amazon Prime Air drone deliveries begin in Lockeford just before Christmas #drone #droneday

Santa’s got a new sleigh with some extra help. Via WGN9:

Amazon has officially begun making shipment deliveries with drones to customers in both Lockeford, California and College Station, Texas, the company confirmed to Nexstar’s KTXL on Friday.

The service in Lockeford was first announced in June 2022 and six months later has officially started.

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Amazon Prime Air drone deliveries begin in Lockeford just before Christmas #drone #droneday