Project SNOWstorm uses solar powered GPS transmitters to collect precise data on snowy owls. Fun Article about the project from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Yahoo:
Affection and concern for the species led Racine native David Brinker and a group of other ornithologists in 2013 to form Project SNOWstorm, a crowd-funded initiative to study and help conserve the owls.
But Brinker knows it’s important to not get too attached to the project’s subjects.
Read more and checkout the Project SNOWstorm for great interactive maps and more info on the research!
Ever since I saw Adam Savage build a portable soldering station, I’ve been thinking about creating one for myself.
I don’t do enough electronics anymore to justify a dedicated electronics bench. When I do have a need for soldering, it’s a hassle to get everything set up just to do a few solder points. And, in my new house, I have two work areas on different floors. So, I know I will break down and create a portable station at some point.
Here is Laura Kampf’s answer to such a portable, fully-powered station.
Fascintating video from Vox about London’s superrich who are building intensely elaborate basements, and how this is ticking off some of their less well-off (but still relatively well-off) neighbors.
Professor Roger Burrows and his coauthors collected data on every basement construction project in from 2008 to 2019, and mapped it. They found more than 7,000 basement additions had been built. A combination of historic preservation laws, rapidly ballooning property values, and changing tastes have led to a boom in basement building.
This construction hasn’t been without complications. Many of the existing residents see the constant construction as a “plague” that’s hollowed out the city, contributed to air pollution, and even changed the acoustics of their homes. Burrows sees it as a symbol of increasing wealth inequality in the global city.
Super fun list from Tor.com. What non-holiday movies do you binge during break? I always watch Kingergarten Cop in that weird, lazy limbo between Christmas and New Years.
There are plenty of holiday films that we adore, favorites that we screen every year to great applause (or groans) from family and friends. But don’t we all have a few films or TV shows that we associate with the holidays, despite them having nothing to do with the season?
Here are a few of our go-tos while we’re holed up with cocoa, gingerbread, and mulled wine.
(Now we really want mulled wine…)
Super fun list from Tor.com. What non-holiday movies do you binge during break? I always watch Kingergarten Cop in that weird, lazy limbo between Christmas and New Years.
There are plenty of holiday films that we adore, favorites that we screen every year to great applause (or groans) from family and friends. But don’t we all have a few films or TV shows that we associate with the holidays, despite them having nothing to do with the season?
Here are a few of our go-tos while we’re holed up with cocoa, gingerbread, and mulled wine.
(Now we really want mulled wine…)
We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here:
Felt Sleeve Case for Keyboards or Raspberry Pi 400
How many bags and pockets does an OTG (On The Go) maker need to carry their electronics when away from their desk? The world may never know.
1.25mm Pitch 8-pin Cable Matching Pair – 10 cm long – Molex PicoBlade Compatible
These solid 1.25mm pitch connector cable pairs are great when you need something that can carry a couple of amps of current and are easy to connect and disconnect.
ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1-N8R8 – ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 – 8MB Flash 8MB PSRAM
The ESP32-S3-DevKitC-1 is an entry-level development board equipped with ESP32-S3-WROOM-1, a general-purpose Wi-Fi + Bluetooth LE MCU module that integrates complete Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE functions. This version is equipped with the ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 (PCB antenna) with 8MB Flash and 8 MB PSRAM.
ESP32-C3 RISC V Developer Board – 4 MB SPI Flash – DevKitC-02 ESP32-C3-WROOM-02
The ESP32-C3-DevKitC-02 is an entry-level RISC V development board equipped with the ESP32-C3-WROOM-02, a powerful, generic Wi-Fi + Bluetooth LE MCU module that features a rich set of peripherals, yet an optimized size. It’s an ideal choice for a wide variety of application scenarios related to the Internet of Things (IoT), such as embedded systems, smart homes, wearable electronics, etc. ESP32-C3-DevKitC-02 comes with a PCB antenna. This version is equipped with the ESP32-C3-WROOM-02 with 4MB SPI Flash and no PSRAM.
ESP32 Dual Antenna WiFi + Bluetooth Module with 8MB FLASH – ESP32-WROOM-DA-N8
ESP32-WROOM-DA (the DA is for Dual Antenna) is a powerful Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Classic + Bluetooth LE MCU module, with two complementary PCB antennas in different directions. Packed with 8 MB of internal QSPI Flash, it has lots of memory and great WiFi connectivity no matter where or how it is installed.
Adafruit QT Py ESP32-S2 WiFi Dev Board with STEMMA QT
What has your favorite Espressif WiFi microcontroller, comes with our favorite connector – the STEMMA QT, a chainable I2C port, and has lots of Flash and RAM memory for your next IoT project? What will make your next IoT project flyyyyy? What a cutie pie! Or is it… a QT Py? This diminutive dev board comes with one of our new favorite lil chips, the ESP32-S2!
Visit www.adafruit.com/new for more info.