Stargate for your desktop PCB Design by @cameron_coward #3DThursday #3DPrinting

From blog.adafruit.com 2 years ago in Platforms Stores

CameronCoward shares: It’s a 4 inch diameter PCB Stargate, with accompanying DHD (that’s Dial-Home Device for layman), that sits on your desk and lights up! Tap the capacitive touch pad on the DHD and each chevron will light up in sequence. Get to the 7th chevron, and the wormhole lights...

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More on the Death of Fry’s Electronics

From blog.adafruit.com 6 hours ago in Platforms Stores

On the website, Company Man, they delve a little more deeply into the history of Fry’s Electronics and what may have really led to it’s demise.

Earth’s magnetic field flipped 42,000 years ago, creating a climate ‘disaster’

From blog.adafruit.com 7 hours ago in Platforms Stores

The magnetic field helps shape our environment, human behavior, and communication networks.via SPACEA reversal in Earth’s magnetic field thousands of years ago plunged the planet into an environmental crisis that may have resembled “a disaster movie,” scientists recently discovered. Our...

Making Colorful 3D Printed Panels for Eurorack Modular Synths via @BlitzCityDIY

From blog.adafruit.com 8 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Liz shows us her process for making 3D printed panels for eurorack modular synths with colorful patterns. In her video, she walks through converting raster JPG images into vector paths using inkscape and importanting them into Fusion 360. She uses...

PCB on a Quarter

From blog.adafruit.com 9 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Hackaday picked up this story of a PCB printed directly on a quarter! Which state quarter would make the best blinky light?As a base layer the printed five passes of insulation on the coin, before printing the traces. Holes are...

Rico Norwood’s Coding Blackness: A History of Black Video Game Characters

From blog.adafruit.com 15 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Rico Norwood documents and contextualizes the history of Black video game characters in Coding Blackness: A History of Black Video Game Characters on Wired:Historically, whiteness has been regarded as the default, a privilege not afforded to people of color. Players...

Five SFF Books About Division and Separation | #SciFiSunday

From blog.adafruit.com 19 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Another fun list from Tor.com.Divide et impera. Divide and rule: the approach of choice for many historical conquerors, and also a great way to write a novel. Breaking apart something that was once whole to examine the pieces provides the...

Backpack Theft Deterrence Using Diamond Knots

From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in Platforms Stores

This nifty paracord “lock” using diamond knots wont prevent a determined thief from getting into your backpack, but it offers just enough annoyance in figuring it out and opening it, that it will deter the quick pick-pocket from boosting your...

New Products 3/03/2021 Feat. Adafruit Feather RP2040! @adafruit #adafruit #newproducts

From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Browse through all that’s new here!NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKRaspberry Pi Compute Module 4 IO Board: Exposing every interface from Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, the Compute Module 4 IO Board provides a development platform and reference base-board design for the...

Giaco Whatever Makes a Satisfying Wall o’ Tools

From blog.adafruit.com 23 hours ago in Platforms Stores

Maker and designer, Giaco Whatever, never does anything half way. So, when he decided to re-organize his shop tools, he went hog wild with a lovely and elaborate tool wall that is a true thing of beauty. As Giaco writes:“I...

The Cameras on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in Platforms Stores

There are a total of 23 cameras on the Perseverance rover. Learn about the functions of these cameras from NASA:The Perseverance rover has several cameras focused on engineering and science tasks. Some help us land on Mars, while others serve...