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Edge Link is a DIY solution to upgrade old industrial equipment

The industrial world runs behind everyone else, technologically speaking. Reliability, safety, and maintenance are the biggest concerns, which means tried-and-true control solutions reign supreme. Even new facilities…

Source: Arduino Blog Arduino Team
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A Hot End And Material Database For 3D Printing

When it comes to 3D printing in the FDM world, you can go a long way just relying on standard settings that ship with your 3D printer and/or slicer. If …read more

Source: Hackaday Zoe Skyforest
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The Benchmark-pocalypse

There’s been a lot of talk about the vuln-pocalypse, to which Dan Luu doesn’t have much to add because Dan isn’t not a security person. But there hasn’t been much discussion on the closely related (and to be fair, less…

Source: Adafruit Blog Anne Barela
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Wide format scanning using photography on a train or ferry

Philomena posts on Philo’s Website about using an industrial linear scanning camera to take very wide photos out of trains and ferries. Getting it working has been quite the challenge, but I think the results speak for…

Source: Adafruit Blog Anne Barela
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Dean Millien’s Aluminum-Foil Animals #ArtTuesday

Dean Millien working at his studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn (image courtesy James Fisher-Smith) via Hyperallergic Hyperallergic highlights Brooklyn artist and self-taught sculptor Dean Millien. Millien recently made his…

Source: Adafruit Blog Takara
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Works-like vs. looks-like prototypes

James Bowman on the Excamera Labs Substack discusses that, unlike in the media, real inventors make prototypes. Some rules: At least one prototype before production Not too may prototypes You don’t ship the prototype I…

Source: Adafruit Blog Anne Barela
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The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi). This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled…

Source: Adafruit Blog Anne Barela
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Cursor launches Origin, a GitHub alternative

Origin begins rolling out today in early beta on all Cursor paid plans. They’re starting with the essentials, designed for agent scale: repos, pull requests, code browsing, and GitHub sync. Agent-native features ship…

Source: Adafruit Blog Anne Barela
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Fixing a bricked Framework laptop

Guanzhong Chen’s discusses the experience fixing their Framework 13” laptop with an AMD 7060 series processor that was bricked due to a failed BIOS update. It ended up taking US$20 worth of tools, instead of replacing…

Source: Adafruit Blog Anne Barela
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DIY Remote Controlled Water Gun Robot

This project by an engineering student (CroissantPoisson) is the perfect blend of the DIY spirit and that summer feeling. See more details here on Instructables: Last summer, my friends showed up unannounced at my door…

Source: Adafruit Blog Kelly
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PolyShot Camera Focuses On Nostalgia

Although we personally have yet to see anyone brandishing an old digital point-and-shoot camera, we hear they’re back in vogue. Why, though? People are nostalgic for that image quality. While …read more

Source: Hackaday Kristina Panos
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At the Repair Café, you can fix your broken things

Adafruit last reported on Repair Cafés in 2017 where their popularity was growing. Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things (together). In the place where a Repair Café is located,…

Source: Adafruit Blog Anne Barela
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Shipping Alert: CircuitPython Day 2026 #CircuitPythonDay2026

🐍 Augusst is ssslipping away which can only mean itsss almost CircuitPython Day 2026! This Friday, August 21, 2026 we celebrate the snakiest of holidays! CircuitPython Day is an official holiday for the Adafruit team;…

Source: Adafruit Blog Ben
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The Digi-Comp 1: The Plastic Mechanical Computer from 1963

Digi-Comp I image via Wikipedia A very cool piece of computer history from Chris Staecker on YouTube. It looks like a simple toy but the Digi-Comp 1 is actually a fully functional mechanical digital computer. Was this…

Source: Adafruit Blog Ben
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Announcing the 2026 Hackaday Retrocomputing Challenge

What is it about retrocomputing? For some people, it’s nostalgia. For others, it’s the appeal of simplicity. For still others, it’s the chance to save old machines from the graveyard. …read more

Source: Hackaday Elliot Williams

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