From Asia One:Sopheak said that in addition to helping by removing human sprayers from being exposed to the pesticides, the drone is also more efficient and less prone to mistakes. “When it come to work done by humans, sometimes we...

Another great reason to visit Tokyo. Story from Resident Advisor.The temperature drops a couple of degrees as the train crosses the Tama River heading toward Mt Fuji. The destination is Hachiōji, which sits on the westernmost edge of Tokyo. Stepping...

Really enjoying this project from jonasvorwerk.nl:For some decades I’m fascinated by mechanisms that create rhythms. My first sequencer was written in Flash 4. At the art academy they introduced me to Maxmsp and created both Lightbox Sequencers. Now I’m getting...

It’s hazy. It’s hot. It’s humid. It’s summer! And we’ve got plenty of it left to tackle #BackToSchool while dreaming of a lounge by a pool. Or a lake. Or a pond, river, sprinkler, splash pad…whichever. Check out some of...

How do you pronounce it?via GizmodoPop culture can have a huge effect on society, influencing how we dress, what we eat, what we say (“hasta la vista, baby”), and even how we pronounce certain words. Brent Spiner believes the way...

On Sundays we like to do a little STEMMA, but today we’re doing twice as good cause we’re adding Security to the mix. This is a STEMMA i2c breakout for the Infineon OPTIGA TRUST X SLS 32AIA – video. Enhanced...

It’s Sunday, it’s STEMMA SUNDAY! 2 more STEMMA / STEMMA QTs !Adafruit MSA301 Triple Axis Accelerometer – STEMMA QT / Qwiic. The MSA301 is a super small and low cost triple-axis accelerometer. It’s inexpensive, but has just about every ‘extra’ you’d...

ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging...

Recyling isn’t a one size fits all solution and there is a reason its the last R. The New York Times made this list of some ways recycling can innovate:MELBOURNE, Australia — Since China stopped accepting much of the world’s...

via MOTHERBOARDFor years, Naval Research Laboratory meteorologist David Peterson has been obsessed with one of Earth’s rarest atmospheric spectacles: thunderclouds formed by raging wildfires. Last week, he became one of the only people on Earth to fly straight through one....

Really enjoyed Chris Schmitz’s vimeo discussion and final goals with this project!Over lunch I got a proof of concept working using a strip of velostat (thank you adafruit forums for helping to get me unstuck!) to detect pressure changes.See more

Another awesome list from Vulture.The Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark movie hits theaters this weekend, but true fans still remember the original book series — Alvin Schwartz’s iconic short horror stories for children. For many, they were a...

Awesome piece by Una McCormack up on Tor.com.As I get longer in the tooth, and the distance between me and fifty shortens at terrifying pace, I have begun to look for heroines aged over forty. Partly because even though I...

Consumers Should Immediately… This uses a live data feed from The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) to randomly display thousands of products recalled for reasons such as fire, electrocution, entrapment, choking and a variety of other unintended dangers....

The Matrix and 7-Segment LED Backpack with the Raspberry Pi has been updated to utilize the super user friendly adafruit-circuitpython-ht16k33 library. This guide provides three examples of working with an 8×8 matrix and a 7-segment display over an I2C interface....

We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here:NEW PRODUCTS THIS WEEKAssembled DC Motor + Stepper FeatherWing Add-onA Feather board without ambition is a Feather board without FeatherWings! This is the Fully assembled (with headers) DC Motor + Stepper...

Hackaday turns 15 this year, September 5th. I started the site in 2004, designed the logo which is now called the Jolly Wrencher, and the look-feel that is still mostly used to this day (it’s been updated to include capital...

Spiritual beliefs and practices are always interesting, especially when they so closely resemble each other.via SmithsonianIn the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, archaeologists digging in the Garden House recently uncovered the hinges of a wooden box, long since rotted away....

From feature shoot:Though their names are largely unknown, Shunk and Kender were a vital force in the communication and preservation of the emerging forms of ephemeral art, from the installation and the happening to the dance and performance. But they...

From Photofocus:My goal was to get the speed light to come through the opaque acrylic, and make the objects placed on top of it almost translucent. The trick is balancing the light to get enough detail without blowing out the...

via GizmodoBlue milk is obviously the superstar when you think of Star Wars food. But rising up the charts, literally, is the bread Rey makes in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Although that concoction, officially named Polystarch, is not available...

via Astronomy NowNASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured a detailed 360-degree panorama while exploring an area known as “Teal Ridge” on the slopes of Mount Sharp. The robotic geologist is now halfway across a large clay-bearing unit, first spotted from orbit,...

 This little rover created by @saraltayal can recognize your face and voice commands. This allows it to follow you around and do your bidding! It can fetch water in a ‘COC cup’ or any object off of this list of...

In this week’s MakeCode Minute: Console Graphing @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit @MSMakeCode.How to graph values triggered by the buttons in the MakeCode Circuit Playground Express simulator.@adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit @MSMakeCode #makecode To learn more about MakeCode, check out this guide.

Who’s a ‘Good Boy?’ Astro, FAU’s Smart Robodog (video) – Using deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI), scientists from Florida Atlantic University’s Machine Perception and Cognitive Robotics Laboratory (MPCR) in the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences in FAU’s...