Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI
The Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI is a microcontroller board capable of DVI digital video output on an HDMI port. That it is possible for a general-purpose microcontroller to generate a DVI signal is impressive, but it requires running the RP2040.....»»
Birds of a feather flocking together: Research shows storks prefer to fly with conspecifics during migration
With long legs and large wings, the white stork is a prominent star of the pageant that is animal migration. Flying from Europe towards Africa in autumn, and then back again in spring, birds can be seen taking to the sky in conspicuous flocks that he.....»»
Feather-tailed possums in New Guinea were originally Aussies, according to fossil study
Analysis of Riversleigh fossils has revealed fascinating new facts about a tiny possum's ancestors. Scientists have long known that the miniature feather-tailed possums in Australia and the island of New Guinea—members of the marsupial family Acrob.....»»
Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins
Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new light on feather evolution......»»
Adafruit Feather RP2040 With RFM95 LoRa Radio – 915MHz
The Adafruit Feather RP2040 with RFM95 LoRa Radio – 915MHz – RadioFruit and STEMMA QT (Feather LoRa from here on out) is a microcontroller paired with a LoRa 900MHz band radio for data communication. LoRa, short for long range, is a data.....»»
Cramming CircuitPython Into Your Baby’s Toys
What does any self respecting electronics wiz do when they have a house full of baby toys and the knowledge to build custom circuitry? Obviously you customize stuff to play better music. Adafruit has just shown some prototypes of their new “To.....»»
Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI
The Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI is a microcontroller board capable of DVI digital video output on an HDMI port. That it is possible for a general-purpose microcontroller to generate a DVI signal is impressive, but it requires running the RP2040.....»»
Using ChatGPT and Raspberry Pi To Build A Never Ending Story Book
Most people will agree that the biggest and most common problem with a good story, is that it ends. This project, put together by Erin St. Blaine for Adafruit address that with the unending capabilities of ChatGPT and a Raspberry Pi. Erin takes you.....»»
For birds, blending in may result in more diversity
The saying "Birds of a feather flock together" is being given new meaning by a study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Flocking birds often travel in groups made up of a single species, in which individuals are nearl.....»»
Fossils reveal the long-term relationship between feathered dinosaurs and feather-feeding beetles
New fossils in amber have revealed that beetles fed on the feathers of dinosaurs about 105 million years ago, showing a symbiotic relationship of one-sided or mutual benefit, according to an article titled "Symbiosis between Cretaceous dinosaurs and.....»»
Adafruit ATtiny1616 Breakout with seesaw
The ATtiny1616 Breakout with seesaw is a different kind of microcontroller board. Rather than being a target for standalone programs, this breakout board is designed to be an intelligent port expander for other microcontroller boards. This is achiev.....»»
Metro M7 with AirLift
The latest Adafruit Metro is the M7 with AirLift. The idea behind this board is to take a very powerful Arm Cortex-M7 microcontroller, put it in the Arduino Uno’s form factor, and then squeeze in a Wi-Fi subsystem along the edge. Adafruit then add.....»»
Perform A Brain Transplant On A See-N-Say To Add Custom Sounds
Hacking childhood toys is somewhat of a maker’s right of passage around here. John Park over at Adafruit has made a habit of it for many years though. His latest, he shows how to transplant the brain of a See-N-Say to have your own custom mess.....»»
Feather mite species associated with Laysan albatross discovered in Japan
Phoebastria immutabilis, commonly known as the Laysan albatross, is a large seabird native to the North Pacific Ocean. Owing to the decrease in their population size, this species has been listed as "Near Threatened" in the Red List of the Internatio.....»»
Adafruit MagTag
The Adafruit MagTag might just contain everything that you ever wanted in an e-Ink refrigerator magnet. First, the display itself is a comfortable 2.9″ presenting a 298x128x4 grayscale image. The 4-level grayscale is an excellent design choice.....»»
Adafruit MONSTER M4SK
The Adafruit MONSTER M4SK is a fun microcontroller platform aimed at building costumes or decorations. The first thing you’ll notice is that the shape of the PCB is cat-eye glasses, only instead of lenses there are two 240×240 TFT displays. T.....»»
Adafruit QT Py ESP32 Pico
The QT Py ESP32 Pico is a tiny microcontroller board featuring Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. The heart of the board is the all-in-one ESP32 Pico V3 02. This chip provides 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (with BLE). It has 8 MB of flash memory and 2.....»»
Adafruit ESP32-S3 Feather with 4MB Flash 2MB PSRAM
The Adafruit ESP32-S3 Feather represents an upgrade to ESP32-based microcontrollers in the popular Feather form factor. This new ESP32 chip is a dual-core design running at 240 MHz. It has built-in support for Wi-Fi and BLE. For comparison, the ESP3.....»»
Adafruit’s Cheekmate gets to the bottom (ahem) of chess cheating controversy
Adafruit tested its wireless haptic communication system with a juicy slab of pork butt. The clever folks at Adafruit tested their Cheekmate chess-cheating prototype by embedding it in a slab of pork butt. The Internet has been abuzz for.....»»
James Webb might have spotted the most distant galaxy ever observed
The James Webb Space Telescope has another feather in its cap - the potential discovery of the most distant galaxy ever observed......»»
A penguin farm in the Australian desert: A thought experiment that reveals the flaws in our environment laws
Imagine this fictitious scenario. The federal environment minister announces government approval for a large-scale penguin farm near Alice Springs. It will produce 300,000 penguins each year for the high-end feather market in Europe......»»