Engineering & Technology

The Library of Congress shares the possibilities of Latinx futurism and existing examples of representation throughout film and books.

One emerging trend in Latino literature is beginning to show its influence across the big screen. Latinx Futurism, a literary movement with Science Fiction origins and intimately related to Afrofuturism and Indigenous Futurism, is slowly inspiring other visual art and aesthetic mediums. The following essay covers the history and potential influence of Latinx Futurism in cinema.

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The rainbow snake (Farancia erytrogramma) — sometimes called an eel moccasin or red-lined snake — is a nonvenomous snake. It has vibrant coloration and a specialized diet. Humans rarely see rainbow snakes (despite their striking appearance) because they spend much of their lives hidden in aquatic habitats.

We’re working on the LPS28 sensor this week. This is a ‘ported’ pressure sensor—you can connect a tube to it so you can measure pressure somewhere else.

But you need the tube! Folks always ask us how to find matching tubing. Let’s look at what is available and how you can connect to a pressure sensor port.

See the chosen tubing on DigiKey.

See the video below:

When you think of snakes, vibrant shades of green, brown or even black might come to mind. But there’s something uniquely captivating about a pink snake.

Sometimes when you’re scrolling YouTube you come across a classic from 3 years ago and you can’t help but rewatch. We hope you’ll enjoy SpacyMan’s Sea Shanty 2 on stepper motors as much as we did!

Learn all about stepper motors in the Adafruit Learning System!

Manabun_Lab shares:

Although a successor to the Nintendo Switch is expected to be released in 2025, the current console is still very much in use. I felt that there is still a demand for this Joycon grip, so I made the following improvements and released it as new data.

download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6718868

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

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How was Indigenous Peoples’ Day established? Learn all about the history from the Smithsonian:

This Monday, October 14, many Americans will celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day by recognizing the history and contributions of Native peoples. President Biden’s administration has officially recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day since 2021, but it is not yet a federal holiday. Thus, for the fourth year in a row, the United States will officially observe Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day. However, The Indigenous Peoples’ Day Act, reintroduced in Congress on October 2, 2023, would potentially designate the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day nationwide. The bill currently has 56 cosponsors in the House of Representatives and 11 cosponsors in the Senate.

“On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the perseverance and courage of Indigenous peoples, show our gratitude for the myriad contributions they have made to our world, and renew our commitment to respect Tribal sovereignty and self-determination.”  President Joseph Biden, 2023 Proclamation on Indigenous People’s Day

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Virgo and Cancer compatibility blends emotional depth and practicality. Discover how their nurturing connection creates a balanced and harmonious relationship.

Check out this handy new video from Programming Electronics Academy on YouTube.

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We tend to associated science fiction with space ships, time travel, robots, that sort of thing. But biotech and bioengineering are fair game as well. Creepier? Most definitely. Here’s a lsit of the some of the best science fiction books on the subject of biotech, from Will Canine:

The three books [from Margaret Atwood] Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, and MaddAddam, contain a hilarious and heart-wrenching biotech apocalypse. Post- climate catastrophe, the bleak world built here is run by CorpsSecCorps and walled-off autonomous bio-pharma and big media trans-national corporations. It is a tale of hubris and failure, but also the inexorability of hope and life regenerating after crisis.

Sitting in 2021, some of the predictive calls she made writing this starting in 2005 were 10/10 crystal ball moments. “Pigoons” is happening already, with a few companies showing successful product launches transplanting vital organs from GMO pigs into humans. “Chickie nubbins” represent lab-grown meat, aka cell agriculture, which has taken over mindshare in techno-optimists’ minds much as Atwood predicted. And DIY, extra-organizational activists around the world are surging together to catalog the genetics of species going extinct faster than we can list them. Yet the tools of creating biotech utopia are focused instead on prolonging the cosmetic shelf-life of the wealthy, curing only diseases of narcissism.

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The Houston Museum of Natural Science has a neat immersive exhibit showing connections between chemistry and physics and what’s new in today’s science.

Scientists are making new discoveries on a daily basis—from the nano-scale and smaller, to the galactic scale and larger. The all-new and considerably expanded Welch Hall: Matter & Motion, presented by the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation, will address these latest developments, and lay the groundwork for the basic chemistry and physics principles required to understand today’s leading-edge science. Highlights of the new hall include “The Houston Connection” interactive timeline, a walk-inside human brain, the “Quarks to Quasars” immersive theater, the gigantic Periodic Table of the Elements “dance floor,” the 16th century “laboratory” of an alchemist, and many more surprises.

Nintendo has a penchant for peculiar peripherals. Alarmo isn’t so much a peripheral as it is its own stand alone product. Beyond being uniquely Nintendo there are a handful of fun features. There are sensors that track your sleep and let you wake up hands free! Meaning the alarm senses when you get up and shuts the alarm off.

It’s a fun idea that i doubt will go far (RIP LABO). I’d love to see some makers tackle a version of this. Its round but doesn’t even have a circular screen!

Introducing Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo, an interactive alarm clock that’s out of the ordinary! Alarmo responds to your body’s movement with game sounds, so you can feel like you’re waking up in the game world itself. Set an alarm inspired by five Nintendo games, with more alarms on the way as free updates as they become available.

See all our sensors!

If you are interested in making your own version of an alarm there are few options on the Adafruit Learning System to get you started!

• PyPortal Wake-Up Light Alarm Clock
• Blahaj Alarm and Lamp
• Super Simple Sunrise Lamp
• RPi Stock Alert Alarm

You might be surprised to find out that an article in the December 1962 issue of the science fiction magazine Galaxy, an article on radicaly innovative technology, written by George Preston Field, was in fact written by Robert Forward. Forward published under a pseudonym so he could avoid reprisal from management at Hughes Aircraft Company. What was Forward writing about? The future of space travel. Here’s more from Centauri Dreams:

But despite being frequently referenced in the literature, Forward’s foray into Galaxy did not focus on sail technologies at all. Instead, it dwells on an entirely different concept, one that Forward called a ‘gravitational catapult.’ This is itself entertaining, so let’s talk about it for just a moment before pushing on to the actual first appearance of laser beaming to a sail, which Forward would produce in a different journal in the same year.

Forward is the master of gigantic engineering projects. Pluto had caught his attention because its eccentric orbit matched up with what Percival Lowell had predicted for a planet beyond Neptune, but its size was far too small to account for its supposed effects. Lowell had calculated that it would mass about six times Earth’s mass, a figure later corroborated by W. H. Pickering. But given Pluto’s actual size, Forward found that if it were the outer system perturber Lowell had predicted, it would have to have a density hundreds of times greater than water.

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ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP

We’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 post some highlights here.

CircuitPython 9.2.0 Beta 1 Released!

Zelda Echoes Of Wisdom Tri Rod

Ladyada tries out ChatGPT Canvas for Arduino library writing: A request- tabs & context, please!

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#circuitpythonparsec
How to enable external NeoPixel power on the Prop-Maker Feather RP2040.
code example: https://github.com/jedgarpark/parsec/blob/main/2024-10-10/code.py
https://www.adafruit.com/product/5768
To learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

Consistently brewing that crowning cup of coffee involves attention to the precise addition of ingredients and control of the brew ratio, tempered with practiced technique. Perhaps it’s time to apply a little more science to the art.

The Clue Coffee Scale can accurately measure the weight of the ground beans or the extraction output, getting closer to an exact and repeatable approach for creating your preferred brew. To measure the contents of a container, the scale can be zeroed with a push of a button to subtract the container’s tare weight.

The scale uses a load cell sensor device that consists of a very sensitive resistance array (a strain gauge) attached to a metal bending beam. When connected to an exciter voltage, the resistance array provides a differential voltage output signal proportional to the torque of the mass placed on the load cell. The signal voltage is very low so a sensitive amplifier and high-resolution analog to digital converter (ADC) are used to provide a microcontroller-compatible measurement.

The Adafruit NAU7802 24-Bit ADC – STEMMA QT board has everything needed to connect a load cell and provide measurements for the Clue. Add a CircuitPython program, and the Clue Coffee Scale is born.

John Park built a version of the coffee scale for use with his primo espresso station. Check out the Build the Coffee Scale section of this guide for the step-by-step approach he used for his custom scale. A trenta-sized thank you goes to John for creating a practical and beautiful working scale.

This guide will show how to build, calibrate, and code the scale. Your perfect cup of Java awaits.

Check out the full guide!

33 angel number meaning symbolizes spiritual growth, compassion, and divine guidance. Learn how this master number leads to love, inner wisdom, and healing.

Black crystal meaning centers on protection, grounding, and transformation. Learn how these powerful stones shield energy and foster emotional healing and strength.

The New York Public Library will be celebrating 40 years of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Wednesday, October 16th with a panel comprised of TMNT veterans, a drawing workshop, and a writing workshop.

Join us for a shell-tastic celebration as we mark the 40th anniversary of one of pop culture’s most iconic franchises: the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! This dynamic panel will dive deep into the history, evolution, and cultural impact of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael, the heroes in a half-shell who have captured hearts and imaginations for four decades.

Whether you’re a lifelong fan or new to the TMNT universe, this panel promises to be a celebration of heroism, humor, and the enduring appeal of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Grab your pizza, don your best turtle gear, and come celebrate 40 years of radical adventures and turtle power!

El Tiny is back on NPR Music for Latin Music Month. Check out these great performances features Juanes, Sheila E, Eladio Carrion, The Marias and more.

As part of this year’s Latino Heritage Month festivities, NPR Music is excited to spotlight the diverse world of Latin music with the return of El Tiny and new episodes from the Alt.Latino podcast. For the fourth consecutive year, NPR Music’s Alt.Latino co-hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras will curate a stellar lineup of Latin American and spanish artists and genres, beginning September 16.