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New solar power material converts 90 percent of captured light into heat #SolarPower

From blog.adafruit.com 6 years ago in PlatformsStores

New solar power material converts 90 percent of captured light into heat via phys.org A multidisciplinary engineering team at the University of California, San Diego developed a new nanoparticle-based material for concentrating solar power plants designed to absorb and convert to heat more than 90 percent of the sunlight it...

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Seeing Muscles at Work – 8-Channel EMG with LEDs #WearableWednesday

From blog.adafruit.com 21 hours ago in PlatformsStores

via Dmitry Dziuba on hackster.ioWe wanted to get back to it on the whole new level, with dedicated EMG device – and got quite far on that way, but still aren’t there. So finally we decided to rework uECG device’s...

Learn Bbout the Design of LEGO’s Flower Bouquet

From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in PlatformsStores

From LEGO on YouTube:Relax with LEGO Designer Anderson and apprentice Astrid as they show you the brand new LEGO Flower Bouquet from the LEGO Botanical collection. See more from YouTube and LEGO

Wearables That Stood Out at CES 2021 #WearableWednesday

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

Gizmodo has a pretty good list of wearable tech on display at CES this year. There is a good variety of devices beyond smart watches (although there are still some interesting smart watches).While CES 2021 was an all-digital experience, that...

Experiments in Multi-Material 3D Printing

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

In this CNC Kitchen video, Stefan shows how you can incorporate two different types of materials into the same 3D print. For purposes of this demo, he prints a clothes hook where he over-molded a PLA part with a foaming...

COVID-19 Memorial 5:30pm ET – Light a candle

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

On January 19 at 5:30pm (local time), wAmericans across the country can come together for a national moment of unity and remembrance to honor the lives lost to COVID-19.Adafruit is streaming a digital candle for who we’ve lost, who are...

Backyard Metal Sand Casting #ArtTuesday

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

The Big Mess of Wires Blog takes on making metal objects via sand casting:Today’s project: metal casting! I’d been wanting to try this for years, because who doesn’t love playing with molten metal? This was a single-sided open air sand...

JP’s Product Pick of the Week — 4pm Eastern TODAY! 1/19/21 @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #newproductpick

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of the Week! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT, T O D A Y!Check out the livestream right here inside this product page,...

Reverse-engineering the LM3909 low-power LED flasher chip @kenshirriff

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

Ken Shirriff does an in-depth analysis of the LM3909, a chip from 1975 that can flash an LED for a year from a single flashlight battery. This chip has some surprising features, such as a charge pump that lets you...

Ursula K. Le Guin gets her own US postage stamp #ArtTuesday

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

Science fiction legend Ursula K. Le Guin gets her own US postage stamp. From USPS.Com:The 33rd stamp in the Literary Arts series honors Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018), who expanded the scope of literature through novels and short stories that...

STEM Chat Live Zoom Presentation 1/28/2021 with Telfair Museum’s 2021 Pulse Art + Technology Festival #STEM #STEMKids #Education

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

Diana and I are so excited to bring STEM Chat live via Zoom to the 2021 Pulse Art + Technology Festival at Georgia’s Telfair Museum. We will be featuring some of our “best of” projects and there will be time...

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