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I’ve seen may ways to teach programming, but this is a first. DIY 8-bit Ramones, 1984, from k-power, Scholastic’s computer magazine for kids, by John Holstrom, co-founder of the ’70s zine punk.
The Apple II+/e/Atari 400/800 program plays the Ramones’ song “slug”.
You can see the program in action in the video below and more on Mastodon.
In this video, Sam Bram discusses and ranks the 6 motorcycles available in Cyberpunk 2077.
In this video I attempt to break down and rank all 6 ownable motorcycle models from worst to best, in order to determine which are better for varying playthroughs. This list is of course my opinion, and I’m more than happy to hear how everybody else’s differ from mine. But whether you agree with me or not, I hope this video provides you with a decent overview on this games motorcycles, and you learn a thing or two along the way…
Check out this cool ring that maker Charlyn made using Adafruit LED filament, brass rods, and a 1220 battery holder.
I made a ring! This took way longer than it should have, but I love how retro futuristic it looks. This 55s video summarizes a couple hours of work— enjoy! Made w/ @adafruit LED filament, brass rods & 1220 battery holder.
If you wanna know why it took forever, read on👇 pic.twitter.com/ISvU2hAKAV
— ✨ charlyn ✨ // @charlyn@leds.social 🐘 (@chardane) January 30, 2023
Check out this cool ring that maker Charlyn made using Adafruit LED filament, brass rods, and a 1220 battery holder.
I made a ring! This took way longer than it should have, but I love how retro futuristic it looks. This 55s video summarizes a couple hours of work— enjoy! Made w/ @adafruit LED filament, brass rods & 1220 battery holder.
If you wanna know why it took forever, read on👇 pic.twitter.com/ISvU2hAKAV
— ✨ charlyn ✨ // @charlyn@leds.social 🐘 (@chardane) January 30, 2023
A pretty great photo series shared by the instagram account @historyphotographed. Before computer aided design the use of drafting tables, paper and supplies took a lot of space. Photos span the 50s to the 80s.
Prior to the release of AutoCAD in 1982, engineering drawings were all done by hand using different grade pencils, erasers, T-squares and set squares.
Even after all the manual labor, if a change was required, the engineers and toolmakers had to start from scratch and make the sketches all over again. Nowadays, architecture designers and other drafters are mainly just clicking their mouse and keyboard and not hunched over on a giant desk wondering if any changes will be made to their final drafts.
A pretty great photo series shared by the instagram account @historyphotographed. Before computer aided design the use of drafting tables, paper and supplies took a lot of space. Photos span the 50s to the 80s.
Prior to the release of AutoCAD in 1982, engineering drawings were all done by hand using different grade pencils, erasers, T-squares and set squares.
Even after all the manual labor, if a change was required, the engineers and toolmakers had to start from scratch and make the sketches all over again. Nowadays, architecture designers and other drafters are mainly just clicking their mouse and keyboard and not hunched over on a giant desk wondering if any changes will be made to their final drafts.
In this Project Farm product testing video, Todd looks at bench grinders. The brands tested are JET, Shop Fox, Rikon, Delta, SKIL, Hercules, Bauer, Performance Tool, and WEN.
Grinders were tested for the amount of time to reach full operating speed, wheel stop speed, electric motor torque, electric motor temperature after 15 minutes of intense use, electric motor watts under load, grinder weight, abrasive wheel quality, and a subjective build quality rating.
I am in the market for a cheap, light-use grinder and was hoping the $88 WEN would perform better than it did. In the end, the best of the lot was the expensive JET ($528), although the far more affordable Shop Fox ($250) did well, too.
I’ll still likely settle for the WEN as I only have light, periodic use for such a tool.
Miguel Herrada from the University of Seville and Jens Eggers from the University of Bristolmay have solved Leonardo Da Vinci’s 500-year-old bubble paradox. In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the duo explain the weird behavior of bubbles. SyFy shares how they popped the riddle (pun definitely intended).
Since da Vinci first reported the weird behavior of bubbles in water, experiments have continuously demonstrated that a bubble with a radius above about a millimeter will become unstable as it travels toward the surface. Through some as yet poorly understood process, bubbles above a millimeter in radius fall into a pattern of periodic motion five centuries worth of scientists failed to explain. The problem was that our modeling of bubble dynamics couldn’t accurately reproduce what we observe in nature.
Miguel Herrada from the University of Seville and Jens Eggers from the University of Bristolmay have solved Leonardo Da Vinci’s 500-year-old bubble paradox. In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the duo explain the weird behavior of bubbles. SyFy shares how they popped the riddle (pun definitely intended).
Since da Vinci first reported the weird behavior of bubbles in water, experiments have continuously demonstrated that a bubble with a radius above about a millimeter will become unstable as it travels toward the surface. Through some as yet poorly understood process, bubbles above a millimeter in radius fall into a pattern of periodic motion five centuries worth of scientists failed to explain. The problem was that our modeling of bubble dynamics couldn’t accurately reproduce what we observe in nature.
In this I Like to Make Stuff video, Bob shows how you can easily build “gallery display” shelves to show off all of the cool stuff you’ve made over the years.
He runs through the different ways that you can make the display boxes with a focus on the simplest methods using the simplest tools. In the end, he goes with butt joints and a pocket-holed back panel which anyone can do, even if you have nothing but a circular saw.
In this I Like to Make Stuff video, Bob shows how you can easily build “gallery display” shelves to show off all of the cool stuff you’ve made over the years.
He runs through the different ways that you can make the display boxes with a focus on the simplest methods using the simplest tools. In the end, he goes with butt joints and a pocket-holed back panel which anyone can do, even if you have nothing but a circular saw.
Browse through all that’s new here!
Adafruit Metro Mini 328 V2 – Arduino-Compatible – 5V 16MHz – STEMMA QT / Qwiic: The V2 is a significant redesign, enough, so we consider it a completely new product. It still features the ATmega328 chip and is drop-in compatible with the original METRO Mini, but has many upgrades and improvements
Woven USB A Cable with Magnetic Tips – Micro B, Type C, and iOS – 2 meters long: Some days we’re feeling extra fancy here at the ‘fruit warehouse, and we have a big soft spot for woven fabric cables. Like, peep this fully reversible pink/purple Blinka-inspired cable or this mithril-like 3-in-1 Sync and Charge cable.
Our latest addition to the collection is this 2-meter-long Black Magnetic USB A with Magnetic Tips for USB C, Lightning / iOS, and USB micro B! It’s a luxurious cable that will make managing lots of dev boards or gadgets super easy.
The ‘host part’ of the cable has a USB A end and a dummy end that lets you swap the magnetic tips.
Woven USB A Cable with Magnetic Tips – Micro B, Type C, and iOS – 1 meter long
ESP32-C6-WROOM-1-N4 Engineering Module – 4 MB Quad SPI Flash – PCB Antenna: ESP32-C6-WROOM-1-N4 is an ESP32-C6-based module, which supports WiFi 6 in a 2.4GHz band, Bluetooth 5, Zigbee 3.0, and Thread. It’s pin-to-pin compatible with the ESP32-WROOM series module. With low-power consumption, it is an ideal choice for a variety of IoT devices!
This module comes with 4MB SPI Flash
ESP32-C6-WROOM-1-N8 Engineering Module – 8 MB Quad SPI Flash – PCB Antenna: ESP32-C6-WROOM-1-N8 is an ESP32-C6-based module, which supports WiFi 6 in a 2.4GHz band, Bluetooth 5, Zigbee 3.0, and Thread. It’s pin-to-pin compatible with the ESP32-WROOM series module. With low-power consumption, it is an ideal choice for a variety of IoT devices!
This module comes with 8 MB Quad SPI Flash memory.
ESP32-C6-DevKitC-1-N8 – 8MB SPI Flash: The ESP32-C6-DevKitC-1-N8 is an entry-level development board equipped with ESP32-C6-WROOM-1, a general-purpose Wi-Fi + Bluetooth LE RISC-V MCU module that integrates complete Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE functions. This board integrates complete Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, and Thread functions.
This version is equipped with the ESP32-C6-WROOM-1 with 8MB Flash.
Adafruit ESP32-S2 Reverse TFT Feather: Like Missy Elliot, we like to “put our [Feather] down, flip it and reverse it” and that’s exactly what we’ve done with this new development board. It’s basically our ESP32-S2 TFT Feather but with the 240×135 color TFT display on the back-side not the front-side. That makes it great for panel-mounted projects, particularly since we’ve also got some space for 3 buttons to go along. It’s like an all-in-one display interface dev board, powered by the fantastic ESP32-S2 WIFI module.
This feather comes with native USB and 4 MB flash + 2 MB of PSRAM, so it is perfect for use with CircuitPython or Arduino with low-cost WiFi. Native USB means it can act like a keyboard or a disk drive. WiFi means it’s awesome for IoT projects. And Feather means it works with the large community of Feather Wings for expandability.
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Adafruit Metro Mini 328 V2 – Arduino-Compatible – 5V 16MHz – STEMMA QT / Qwiic: The V2 is a significant redesign, enough, so we consider it a completely new product. It still features the ATmega328 chip and is drop-in compatible with the original METRO Mini, but has many upgrades and improvements
Woven USB A Cable with Magnetic Tips – Micro B, Type C, and iOS – 2 meters long: Some days we’re feeling extra fancy here at the ‘fruit warehouse, and we have a big soft spot for woven fabric cables. Like, peep this fully reversible pink/purple Blinka-inspired cable or this mithril-like 3-in-1 Sync and Charge cable.
Our latest addition to the collection is this 2-meter-long Black Magnetic USB A with Magnetic Tips for USB C, Lightning / iOS, and USB micro B! It’s a luxurious cable that will make managing lots of dev boards or gadgets super easy.
The ‘host part’ of the cable has a USB A end and a dummy end that lets you swap the magnetic tips.
Woven USB A Cable with Magnetic Tips – Micro B, Type C, and iOS – 1 meter long
ESP32-C6-WROOM-1-N4 Engineering Module – 4 MB Quad SPI Flash – PCB Antenna: ESP32-C6-WROOM-1-N4 is an ESP32-C6-based module, which supports WiFi 6 in a 2.4GHz band, Bluetooth 5, Zigbee 3.0, and Thread. It’s pin-to-pin compatible with the ESP32-WROOM series module. With low-power consumption, it is an ideal choice for a variety of IoT devices!
This module comes with 4MB SPI Flash
ESP32-C6-WROOM-1-N8 Engineering Module – 8 MB Quad SPI Flash – PCB Antenna: ESP32-C6-WROOM-1-N8 is an ESP32-C6-based module, which supports WiFi 6 in a 2.4GHz band, Bluetooth 5, Zigbee 3.0, and Thread. It’s pin-to-pin compatible with the ESP32-WROOM series module. With low-power consumption, it is an ideal choice for a variety of IoT devices!
This module comes with 8 MB Quad SPI Flash memory.
ESP32-C6-DevKitC-1-N8 – 8MB SPI Flash: The ESP32-C6-DevKitC-1-N8 is an entry-level development board equipped with ESP32-C6-WROOM-1, a general-purpose Wi-Fi + Bluetooth LE RISC-V MCU module that integrates complete Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE functions. This board integrates complete Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE, Zigbee, and Thread functions.
This version is equipped with the ESP32-C6-WROOM-1 with 8MB Flash.
Adafruit ESP32-S2 Reverse TFT Feather: Like Missy Elliot, we like to “put our [Feather] down, flip it and reverse it” and that’s exactly what we’ve done with this new development board. It’s basically our ESP32-S2 TFT Feather but with the 240×135 color TFT display on the back-side not the front-side. That makes it great for panel-mounted projects, particularly since we’ve also got some space for 3 buttons to go along. It’s like an all-in-one display interface dev board, powered by the fantastic ESP32-S2 WIFI module.
This feather comes with native USB and 4 MB flash + 2 MB of PSRAM, so it is perfect for use with CircuitPython or Arduino with low-cost WiFi. Native USB means it can act like a keyboard or a disk drive. WiFi means it’s awesome for IoT projects. And Feather means it works with the large community of Feather Wings for expandability.
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Researchers at Stanford Medicine have shown they can measure thousands of molecules from a single drop of blood. Here’s to hoping doctor’s appointments in the coming years are less stressful.
Instead of focusing on any single protein, metabolite or inflammatory marker, the growing field of “omics” research takes a broader, systems-biology approach: analyzing the whole spectrum of proteins (the proteome), fats (the lipidome) or the by-products of metabolism (the metabolome). Although recent advances have made this data analysis more robust and efficient, the real-world usefulness of multi-omics research has been limited by the difficulties of sample collection, among other challenges. To measure someone’s response to a food or medication, many samples in a short time span may be needed; currently, sampling requires traveling to a clinic for an intravenous blood draw of 10 to 50 milliliters.
Researchers at Stanford Medicine have shown they can measure thousands of molecules from a single drop of blood. Here’s to hoping doctor’s appointments in the coming years are less stressful.
Instead of focusing on any single protein, metabolite or inflammatory marker, the growing field of “omics” research takes a broader, systems-biology approach: analyzing the whole spectrum of proteins (the proteome), fats (the lipidome) or the by-products of metabolism (the metabolome). Although recent advances have made this data analysis more robust and efficient, the real-world usefulness of multi-omics research has been limited by the difficulties of sample collection, among other challenges. To measure someone’s response to a food or medication, many samples in a short time span may be needed; currently, sampling requires traveling to a clinic for an intravenous blood draw of 10 to 50 milliliters.
Cool news for tabletop fans. Via Tech Crunch
It’s now official: Dungeons & Dragons is licensed under the Creative Commons. This makes the popular tabletop roleplaying game “freely available for any use,” Dungeons & Dragons executive producer Kyle Brink wrote in a blog post today.
“This Creative Commons license makes the content freely available for any use,” Brink wrote in today’s blog post. “We don’t control that license and cannot alter or revoke it. It’s open and irrevocable in a way that doesn’t require you to take our word for it. And its openness means there’s no need for a VTT policy. Placing the [Systems Reference Document] under a Creative Commons license is a one-way door. There’s no going back.”
Add atmosphere to your next campaign with the NeoTrellis Tabletop RPG Soundboard
Cool news for tabletop fans. Via Tech Crunch
It’s now official: Dungeons & Dragons is licensed under the Creative Commons. This makes the popular tabletop roleplaying game “freely available for any use,” Dungeons & Dragons executive producer Kyle Brink wrote in a blog post today.
“This Creative Commons license makes the content freely available for any use,” Brink wrote in today’s blog post. “We don’t control that license and cannot alter or revoke it. It’s open and irrevocable in a way that doesn’t require you to take our word for it. And its openness means there’s no need for a VTT policy. Placing the [Systems Reference Document] under a Creative Commons license is a one-way door. There’s no going back.”
Add atmosphere to your next campaign with the NeoTrellis Tabletop RPG Soundboard
It doesn’t matter that it’s January, what matters is we’re less than 11 months away from the most wonderful time of the year. Henkeify shares his countdown clock on instructables.
Recent studies have shown that we are happier when we have something to look forward to, sometimes even happier than the thing we are anticipating will actually make us!
I really like christmas so I made this countdown clock which I will keep in my book shelf so I can always know how long it is until Christmas day.
I used a raspberry pi, a small LCD screen, Tinkercad for case design and a 3D printer.
Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Adafruit has the largest and best selection of Raspberry Pi accessories and all the code & tutorials to get you up and running in no time!
A beautifully designed concept piece from @moonshke3d. The idea of this headset is to play 64-bit games in an immersive 3D display. More from Yanko Design:
Is that an Atari VR headset!? No, but it could have been! Designed by Denmark-based CGI artist Moonshake3D, the Stereoscopic Display System is a nostalgia-evoking headset concept that imagines what VR tech could have looked like if it was invented pre-Y2K. Powered by a Raspberry Pi chip, the Stereoscopic Display System is a 3-dimensional 64-bit gaming system that brings retro-style gaming into an absolutely new dimension. With a design that’s a reference to the olden days of wood-veneering on gaming consoles, along with transparent casings that are reminiscent of turntables, the Monshake Stereoscopic Display System combines past and present (and even some future) into one absolutely delightful package.
Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Adafruit has the largest and best selection of Raspberry Pi accessories and all the code & tutorials to get you up and running in no time!
A beautifully designed concept piece from @moonshke3d. The idea of this headset is to play 64-bit games in an immersive 3D display. More from Yanko Design:
Is that an Atari VR headset!? No, but it could have been! Designed by Denmark-based CGI artist Moonshake3D, the Stereoscopic Display System is a nostalgia-evoking headset concept that imagines what VR tech could have looked like if it was invented pre-Y2K. Powered by a Raspberry Pi chip, the Stereoscopic Display System is a 3-dimensional 64-bit gaming system that brings retro-style gaming into an absolutely new dimension. With a design that’s a reference to the olden days of wood-veneering on gaming consoles, along with transparent casings that are reminiscent of turntables, the Monshake Stereoscopic Display System combines past and present (and even some future) into one absolutely delightful package.
Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Adafruit has the largest and best selection of Raspberry Pi accessories and all the code & tutorials to get you up and running in no time!
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makeitworktech shares:
The LED grid and the frame are printed in one part.
The first three layers of the RGB grid are printed with white filament. Pause the print after the third layer and continue with black filament. A perfect first layer is mandatory.
My YouTube video shows how it works/looks.
https://youtu.be/WSex5f1qzH8
download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5737371
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!
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Join maker John Park in his workshop each week as he builds, demos, hacks, and mods projects live on air! “John Park’s Workshop — LIVE” is the place to see creative projects come to life, as John uses a wide variety of tools and techniques to make everything from mystery boxes to synthesizer controllers to drink robots, using digital fabrication, hand and power tools, microcontrollers, and more. Come on into the chat to participate in the fun! Every Thursday @ 4pm ET/1pm PT!
priit123 shares:
Follow Focus ring for Canon efs 24mm “pancake” lens.
download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5747058
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!
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Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit
Shop for parts to build your own DIY projects http://adafru.it/3dprinting
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Evening Standard shares how London researchers developed a body sensor suit to help combat two degenerative diseases that can lead to paralysis.
Scientists combined movement data gathered from wearable tech with a new medical AI technology to identify movement patterns and predict disease progression in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Friedreich’s ataxia (FA). Both are genetic diseases that affect movement and lead to paralysis. There are no cures.
Every Wednesday is Wearable Wednesday here at Adafruit! We’re bringing you the blinkiest, most fashionable, innovative, and useful wearables from around the web and in our own original projects featuring our wearable Arduino-compatible platform, FLORA. Be sure to post up your wearables projects in the forums or send us a link and you might be featured here on Wearable Wednesday!