A Love Letter To The Roland TR-808 Drum Machine #MusicMonday

It’s always a good day to celebrate the TR-808. Here’s more from Sunshine Jones via Synthopia

Covering a brief re cap of what we already know, and discussing the cultural significance, and lasting inspiration this instrument has had on the world, and music in general, the basics of XOX style programming, a general overview of the drum machine, and a discussion and comparison of the various clones and replicants which are currently available including the System 80 880, The Roland Boutique TR-08, the Roland Aira TR-8, the e-Licktronic Yocto, the Acid Lab MIAMI, and even the TR-606.

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MTV Launched 40 Years Ago #Music #MusicMonday

Stereogum takes a look at 40 video’s from MTV’s first day. Great list that really captures the moment.

At the stroke of midnight on August 1, 1981, MTV employees congregated around half a dozen TV sets in Fort Lee, New Jersey. No cable operator in Manhattan yet carried the inchoate station, so celebrations were held at a bar and restaurant called the Loft. The first night was, as network co-founder and executive Bob Pittman put it, “a total, unmitigated disaster.” It didn’t matter. History had been made.

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MTV Launched 40 Years Ago #Music #MusicMonday

Stereogum takes a look at 40 video’s from MTV’s first day. Great list that really captures the moment.

At the stroke of midnight on August 1, 1981, MTV employees congregated around half a dozen TV sets in Fort Lee, New Jersey. No cable operator in Manhattan yet carried the inchoate station, so celebrations were held at a bar and restaurant called the Loft. The first night was, as network co-founder and executive Bob Pittman put it, “a total, unmitigated disaster.” It didn’t matter. History had been made.

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Top 100 3D Renders from the Internet’s Largest CG Challenge

Really awesome video from pwnisher on YouTube.

Over the last month, I challenged 3D artists with the Alternate Realities CG challange. I provided an animation for everyone to work from, and the results were stunning. 2,400 artists delivered, the top 100 were chosen for this montage, and 5 of them walked away with insane prizes from Rokoko, Wacom, Quixel, PNY and Aftershokz (I personally reached out to my favorite companies in order to give away the tools I use every day.)

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Top 100 3D Renders from the Internet’s Largest CG Challenge

Really awesome video from pwnisher on YouTube.

Over the last month, I challenged 3D artists with the Alternate Realities CG challange. I provided an animation for everyone to work from, and the results were stunning. 2,400 artists delivered, the top 100 were chosen for this montage, and 5 of them walked away with insane prizes from Rokoko, Wacom, Quixel, PNY and Aftershokz (I personally reached out to my favorite companies in order to give away the tools I use every day.)

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Dwight Drummond Talks Flash Forest with Co-founder Cameron Jones #drone #droneday

Cameron Jones explains how Flash Forest’s drone plant trees to Dwight Drummond via CBC:

Toronto-based tech company Flash Forest is using a fleet of aerial drones to plant trees. They have already managed to plant several thousand trees across Ontario and Canada.

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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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August is Back to School Month!! #BackToSchool #BackToSchool2021

It’s August and that means Back to School Month. Every new school year brings new challenges and opportunities. Unlike in 2020, this school year kids will most likely be heading back to the classroom. But you don’t have to head back unprepared! We still have a wide selection of PPE

Whether you are a student, guardian or teacher we hope to share some helpful tools with you. We will be posting informative articles on our blog along with hand picked gift guides.

If you want to get started ASAP; for teachers we have our Educators hub and the For Educators forum! And for learners of every level we have the Adafruit Learning System

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August is Back to School Month here at Adafruit! Each week we’ll be bringing you #BackToSchool content! Stay tuned for product and gift guides, tutorials from the Adafruit Learning System, and inspiration from around the web! Get started by checking out Adafruit’s educational resources, such as our kits and project packs, suggested products for young engineers, blog posts for educators and an extensive selection of books to help you learn!

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