Interview with Eben Upton on BBC:“We have twice as many people applying to study computer science at Cambridge as we had at the height of the dotcom boom. And I understand from people that are still involved in the admissions...

NEW PRODUCT – Geared DC Motor with Magnetic Encoder Outputs – 7 VDC 1:20 RatioThe first step in a robotics project is to get a motor spinning. Once you’ve done that you quickly learn that not all motors go the...

New Products 12/11/19 Featuring Adafruit #PyPortal Pynt – #CircuitPython Powered Internet Display – 2.4″ TFT! (Video) GIFT CERTIFICATES! (0:10) 13.56MHz RFID/NFC Black Sewable Button – NTAG213 – 24mm Diameter (0:41) Right Angle USB Type C Adapter – USB 3.1 Gen...

Are you subscribed to the Adafruit Youtube channel? If you’re not already subscribed, click here! http://adafru.it/subscribe . It’s a free and easy way to keep up with our newest episodes. Here’s some of what we’re up to. Electronics Show and...

Shared by Caroline Dunn on YouTube:In this video, we turn a Raspberry Pi into an Alexa Gadget. LED lights up when we say, “Alexa.” Code: https://github.com/alexa/Alexa-Gadget…Learn more!Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts,...

via hackster.ioI made voice controlled robot car using Amazon Alexa, Node-RED and micro:bit. Return the speech response to Amazon Echo via Node-RED Alexa Home Skill Bridge to Node-RED on Raspberry Pi Zero W, and send a signal to micro: bit...

This is it, the last big sale of the season. Use the code LASTCALL and get 15% off. BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!Not only do we have 15% everything in the shop, we have an ADDITIONAL discount on the best stocking-stuffers…...

Its getting down to the wire now if you want to get your order by December 23, 2019 we still have some UPS expedited options available!For delivery by Monday, December 23Please place all UPS 3 Day orders by 11am Friday...

The Take Flight with Feather Contest is running from now to December 31st – see all the details in the kickoff post! Hurry, time is short!You still have time to get your entry in before the end of the month!We’re going to highlight entries...

blogmywiki posts about using an OLED display with a micro:bit and programming a game using Python.I’ve managed to get a simple game working on my micro:bit OLED display, and I ditched the breadboard at the same time, meaning that it should...

Brighten your winter with a NeoPixel Ring programmed with a realistic candle effect. LuckyResistor built this project with an Adafruit Trinket M0 programmed in Arduino. There are several bonuses in the project too: a real-time clock to turn the effect...

via hackster.ioWe are using tensor flow and Open-CV to detect items in the frame of a web camera. The camera is mounted onto a tilt pan kit to allow us to track the objects in frame as well. Due to...

From crimier:With a logic analyzer, Pulseview and a working C ILI9225 library for RPi that we could test against, we sat down and analyzed the behaviour of the library.Read moreEach Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check...

Know someone who loves electronics but doesn’t know the difference between an XBee, a soldering iron, and a SMA to uFL/u.FL/IPX/IPEX RF Adapter Cable? Want to buy the perfect gift but don’t know whether your Maker friend is a BeagleBone...

via RaspberryPi.org and Microsoft DeveloperIf there’s one thing we Brits love, it’s an ugly Christmas sweater. Jim Bennett, a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, has taken his ugly sweater game to the next level by adding IoT-controlled, Twitter-connected LEDs thanks...

via hackster.ioAlmost one year ago we moved from an apartment to a house together with our cat and baby daughter. The nightmare has started when our cat started using the garden as a toilet. There was several tries to push...

Rad build from Just Call Me Koko on Twitter!Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Adafruit has the largest and best selection of Raspberry Pi accessories...

From Cross Dominant:Like many people I’m excited by all of the possibilities opened up with WebAssembly/WASM. Most recently I’ve been keeping an eye on Wasmer and similar projects that enable WASM outside of the browser.Read moreEach Friday is PiDay here...

from Zeeshan via hackster.io A very basic yet very cool smart mirror which is easy to build and enhance I have been watching smart mirrors over the web for last many years and had it in pipeline of my To Do....

Raspberry Pi used to create the Nest Box for viewing adorable baby birds.Via Raspberry Pi:Jay runs a small network of livestreaming nest box cameras, with three currently sited and another three in the pipeline; excitingly, the new ones will include...

from Tinus Treuzel  via hackster.ioIf one subject is surrounded by myths, it is overclocking. It would be dangerous and destroy your Raspberry Pi. This article provides the essential background, after which you can safely overclock the Raspberry Pi to 2.1...

Great new tutorial from Adrian Rosebrock up on PyImageSearch.In this tutorial, you will learn how to use OpenCV and Deep Learning to detect vehicles in video streams, track them, and apply speed estimation to detect the MPH/KPH of the moving...

Shared by TomusC on Thingiverse:Replacements for the small paper toolboxes that came in the carrying case for the DJI Mavic Mini.Download the files and learn more Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion...

from Code CombatCodeCombat is a game-based computer science program where students type real code and see their characters react in real time. Programming is magic. It’s the ability to create things from pure imagination. We started CodeCombat to give learners...

Shared by Gerd_S on Thingiverse:Tired about the Mavic Mini propellers dangling around and fearing they could be bended or broken during transport? These straps will secure them.Download the files and learn more Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The...