From the GitHub release page (downloads available there): We’re pleased to bring you CircuitPython 2.1.0, with many new features and many bugfixes. Notably, Trinket M0 and Gemma M0 now include pulseio (PWM) support. Thanks Thank you to all who used, tested,...

Remember that security flaw in WPA2 all the way back from… yesterday we wrote about? There’s an update to this news specifically for Wi-Fi products at Adafruit – Here’s what we’ve found for resources so far. From Microchip – VU#228519...

Language is a technology. It’s a particularly strange one that’s made of squiggles and sounds and maps of meaning, but like any other technology, it’s hackable. So’s writing. A long time ago, Lester Dent made his living writing pulp fiction....

Redditor netrunui’s dream cosplay is a deep cut from SpongeBob SquarePants. He’s dressed as Squidward Tentacles, a main character in the series, but Squidward’s in a salmon suit. As far as I can tell, the ensemble is a reference to...

JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP — LIVE!  Coming up at 4pm ET on Thursday, 10/19/17! LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! The live video will be on Youtube LIVE, Twitch, Periscope (Twitter) and Facebook. Join maker John Park in his workshop each week as he builds,...

Incredible design by Kelli Anderson via ufunk: How to make an interactive experience that gets the reader closer to having a meaningful, enlightening, and memorable exchange with the physical world? This Book is a Planetarium is my stab at answering...

When tasked with converting an antique pump organ—sort of a miniature version of a full-sized pipe organ—into part of an escape room puzzle, hacker Alec Smecher decided to turn it into a vocal MIDI device. To accomplish this, he embedded...

Build a Screaming Cauldron with this new Adafruit Learn Guide! This terrifying illuminated bowl will give trick-or-treaters quite a scare when they reach for candy and trip the distance sensor! An IR proximity sensor, Trinket M0, NeoPixel strip, and AudioFX...

This is an older story from earlier this year when the S3 ‘typo’ crash occurred – about using fuzzing to expose memory access. But given other exploits recently exposed I suspect a lot more people will take an interest in...

This New Zealand woman used Google street view to confront her agoraphobia. By virtually strolling through exotic locations she captured amazing photos by way of screen shots. From Google: Almost two years ago, after closing down a decade-old business I...

An Adafruit community member spotted this ad on Yahoo which appears to be sponsored by Banyan Hill America’s #1 Source For Smarter, Safer, and More Profitable Investing that says “This Tiny Device Will Power Everything by 2020.” It’s a NeoPixel...

We are giving away some Sparky the Blue Smoke Monster pins in the Adafruit Discord chat! All you need to do is post your wonderful mistakes in the #showandtell channel and we’ll be reviewing them every week or so and...

Inspired by Chloe Alix’s 1.2M-viewed bass riff door sensor YouTube video, NAU undergrad Evan Genuise built his version using our own MP3 shield to hilarious effect (and causing a number of equally hilarious reactions documented by BuzzFeed). Evan Genuise, 18,...

Via Space.com. At the National Museum of Mathematics here Thursday (Oct. 5), U.S. entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari wowed the crowd with tales of her 10 days aboard the International Space Station in 2006 as the first civilian woman to fly to...

Thanks to Annette for sending in this tip! Annette writes: Here’s an art installation I created with my partner Jim Caldwell using Adafruit products: Trinket Pro, Audio FX, speakers, magnetic switches, waterproof connectors, and neopixels. See more on vimeo! Every...

Via Digital Trends Love it or hate it, but selfies are a pretty potent part of today’s popular culture. To some, they’re a symbol of a narcissistic generation in love with presenting an idealized image of their lives on social...

Thanks to forums user stevenquinn for sending this in! Just wanted to share a project that’s been in the works that’s finally working, using Adabox 004 plus the feather from Adabox 003, along with the Adafruit LIS3DH (https://www.adafruit.com/product/2809). My wife...

Fireflies with MakeCode Guides from the Adafruit Learning System Just sync like they do it in the wild The fireflies phenomenom is astonishing. The web page http://ncase.me/fireflies/ provides an amazing explanation of this history and mechanics around it. Let’s create...

Sometimes we don’t start the right projects at the right times. For example, Svetlana Quindt, a.k.a. Kamui Cosplay, began a Heroes of the Storm Nova costume in 2015. She put it aside though because she couldn’t get the ponytail to...

Malala Yousafzai’s journey for education continues to be both inspiring and exciting. We wish her luck at Oxford! BBC News reports: Most people going to their first university lecture worked hard to get there – but few have a journey...

Via Design You Trust Michael Jantzen is a conceptual artist, designer, architect, inventor and engineer currently based in Los Angeles, California. Michael explores art, architecture and design in his imaginative renderings of conceptual buildings and structures inspired by nature, technology...