The NSW Government plans to utilize drones through Local Land Services to map weeds and invasive species.

“Through this program, Local Land Services will roll out drones to councils across the Central West and set them up to help map weed infestations – and ultimately deploy larger drones to spray invasive plants from the air.

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Welcome to drone day on the Adafruit blog. Every Monday we deliver the latest news, products and more from the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), quadcopter and drone communities. Drones can be used for video & photography (dronies), civil applications, policing, farming, firefighting, military and non-military security work, such as surveillance of pipelines. Previous posts can be found via the #drone tag and our drone / UAV categories.

In this Pneumatic Addict video, Elisha shares some beginner information on primers and why they are important.

She covers why you should use a primer, what type is best, do you have to sand with a primer, what is shellac, and more.

There is a long history and tradition of sending postcards, whether you’re on vacation or just wishing someone will come back home. The New York Public Library will be hosting the in-person workshop for educators of all ages. You can reserve your spot through Eventbrite.

Does pairing an image with a short note and dashing it off to a friend sound familiar? In this workshop for educators of all ages, we will use NYPL’s historic postcard collection to demonstrate how communities advertised their local flair and communication changed over time.
Those in attendance will also have an opportunity to closely examine historic postcards firsthand, preview forthcoming curricular resources from the Center for Educators & Schools, and learn how to create postcards in their own classrooms.

Check out the event!

You can also check out historical postcards of New York City via the NYPL digital collection.

Drones are being added to the curriculum around the country. This new pilot school is letting students at Corliss Early College STEM High School in Chicago’s south side learn to fly drones. In the expanding world of drone flight these skills may lead to new heights.

Via the Chicago Tribune:

The entire program started with one student’s curiosity, said Phylydia Hudson, Corliss’ STEM program manager.

Hudson said that many opportunities available to youth on the North Side are outside the reach of students on the Far South Side. Now, after the success of the program, she hopes the school can become a hub for drone piloting and aviation.

“We see this as an emerging technology, and we are actually training them for things for jobs that don’t even exist yet,” she said. “And it all happened because of a student saying, ‘Hey, can we have this?’”

Read more!

Welcome to drone day on the Adafruit blog. Every Monday we deliver the latest news, products and more from the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), quadcopter and drone communities. Drones can be used for video & photography (dronies), civil applications, policing, farming, firefighting, military and non-military security work, such as surveillance of pipelines. Previous posts can be found via the #drone tag and our drone / UAV categories.

How iterate incrementally with a loop within a loop.
To learn about CircuitPython: https://circuitpython.org

David Hilowitz has spun up a sequencer on a bicycle wheel. He’s using a young engineer’s science kit, some headphones, and some tin foil. Here’s more from Laughing Squid:

In this video, I combine a children’s science kit with a bicycle wheel, resulting in a makeshift music sequencer.

…if we want the notes to play at different times …since each jack corresponds to a different note we can just change which cable is plugged into which jack and get a completely different sequence, of course, with the same rhythm.

See project!

Layer by Layer – Quick Tip: How to apply multiple Appearances

In this quick tip you can learn how to apply multiple appearances to faces in a model with a single body. Let’s Go!

7/14 segment LED display by O Miller
https://grabcad.com/library/7-segment-and-dual-14-segment-displays-1

3D Printing Projects Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOWD2dJNRIN46uhMCWvNOlbG

3D Hangout Show Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVgpmWevin2slopw_A3-A8Y

Layer by Layer CAD Tutorials Playlist –
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVsMp6nKnpjsXSQ45nxfORb

Timelapse Tuesday Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVagy3CktXsAAs4b153xpp_

Milling Monday
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVL48weqeHiu7aw-_sPhCSA

The holiday season is upon us, so we’ve whipped up a guide of our favorite CircuitPython compatible devices and learn guides to recreate our favorite projects.

CircuitPython is Adafruit’s branch of MicroPython designed to simplify experimentation and education on low-cost microcontrollers. It makes it easier than ever to get prototyping by requiring no upfront desktop software downloads. With CircuitPython you can write clean and simple Python code to control hardware instead of having to use complex low-level languages like C or C++ (what Arduino uses for programming).

It is great for beginners! With CircuitPython you can write clean and simple Python code to control hardware instead of having to use complex low-level languages like Arduino, C or C++. The simplicity of the Python programming language makes CircuitPython an excellent choice for beginners who are new to programming and hardware.

Experts love it too! Skip the annoyances of long-compile cycles, pointers and memory management – get right to the programming you want to do. CircuitPython is also quite full-featured and supports all of Python’s syntax (Python version 3.4) and implements some useful parts of the Python standard library so even seasoned Python veterans will find CircuitPython familiar and fun to use.

Visit the CircuitPython section of the Adafruit Learning System to learn more about using this awesome coding language and visit our #circuitpython channel on Discord to start chatting with the CircuitPython community.

SEE THE FULL GUIDE HERE.

Adafruit Holiday Gift Guide: LEDs & NeoPixels

What’s more fun than a single blinking LED? How about rings, strips, panels, and matrices of LEDs? In Adafruit’s LEDs gift guide, you’ll find all those varieties and more to help get your project bright and colorful. For a wide variety of project ideas, check out the LED section of the Adafruit Learning System. Or just start with Adafruit’s LED selection – the best way to get blinky!

See the full guide here.

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Artemis 1 is now the human rated spacecraft that has traveled further out than any other craft! And yes, there is Python powered hardware in space!

Yoshio Mizuno is an 81-year-old blacksmith in Sanjo City in Japan (a city known for its metalworking). Yoshio has been blacksmithing for 63 years.

In this video, we see him forging one of the hand axes he is noted for.

That’s right folks – Cyber Monday is CIRCUITPYTHON Monday here at Adafruit! In addition to our 15% off site-wide sale we are offering 20% off products from our CIRCUITPYTHON category for ONE DAY ONLY.

The code is the same – ADATY22 – and will apply a 20% discount *only* to items shown here! All other items will be 15% off.

The code is valid on Monday, November 28th until 11:59 PM EST.

We cannot cancel previous orders or add the discount once your order is placed so please remember to use the code!

Discount does not apply to gift certificates, subscriptions and software. We also do not permit the use of discount codes on purchase orders.

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Adafruit offers exciting deals and free items when you shop with us.

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For specific shipping questions you can review our Shipping Info and if you are still stumped contact us!

You may have seen the talented maker and robot builder, Jorvon Moss, on the cover of Make: magazine several years ago. Jorvon makes characterful robotic companions.

In this Tested video, Jorvon joins Adam Savage in Adam’s Cave to talk about his various projects and what motivates him to keep dreaming and building.

Witness the astonishing visionary art of Helen Maas. Here’s more on ArtStation.

In a follow-up to his steel box-making video, Pask makes a wooden cabinet and a set of steel drawers to organize parts in his shop. Gorgeous work!

Who doesn’t love a chonky space mystery? Planet HD 114082 b is the size of Jupiter (a gas giant) and denser than Earth (an iron cored rock). These dimensions and its relatively young age defy some of the current planet formation models.

Via Digital Trends:

The planet, called HD 114082 b, is similar in size to Jupiter, but seems to have eight times its mass. It’s common for astronomers to discover gas giants similar to or larger than Jupiter, but it’s very unusual to discover a planet this dense and heavy. “Compared to currently accepted models, HD 114082 b is about two to three times too dense for a young gas giant with only 15 million years of age,” said lead author Olga Zakhozhay in a statement.

Read more!

A young gas giant exoplanet has astronomers puzzled

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 be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.

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Adafruit sale all weekend long – use the code ADATY22 for 15% off!

We hope you all had a festive holiday yesterday. The fun is only just beginning here at Adafruit! It’s time for our annual Thanksgiving weekend sale.

Use the code ADATY22 at checkout to receive 15% off all items in stock. Discount does not apply to gift certificates, subscriptions (this includes AdaBox) and software. We also do not permit the use of discount codes on purchase orders.

The code is valid from Friday, November 25th – Monday, November 28th at 11:59 PM EST. We cannot cancel previous orders or add the discount once your order is placed so please remember to use the code!

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More BLOG:

• The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter reaches 10,000 subscribers
• Rendering PC video and controls on a Game Boy
• Marie Tharp used data and mapping techniques to prove the existence of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• #BuyBlackFriday #BlackOwnedFriday on the Adafruit Blog

LEARN

Wakanda Forever Game

Code your own Black Panther: Wakanda Forever game using MakeCode Arcade!

Start with this great tutorial, and then customize or build your own totally new game using the excellent art assets provided.

The game build in this guide also includes optional NeoPixel Vibranium Gauntlet blasts when run on the PyGamer!

More LEARN

• Adafruit ESP32 Feather V2
• Adafruit NeoPixel Driver BFF

Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!

You may  have enjoyed, are currently enjoying, or will soon enjoy “Andor,” the heady anti-fascist oh so “grown up” take on Star  Wars headed up by the skilled writer Tony Gilroy. The series is brazenly contemporary in its approach to the origins of the that most socially acceptable of space rebellions. And yet its sheer competence makes it genuinely atavistic, so much so that it ends up feeling charmingly old-fashioned. Which is why this throwback fan-made trailer for Andor is so chef’s kiss. It takes something new about something old made in a contemporary style and mashes it up with a Six-Million Dollar Man, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,  Battlestar Galactica 1978 kinda style. Here’s more from Auralnauts:

It’s 1975. A New Hope won’t be released for another two years, and George Lucas is mostly known as the American Graffiti guy. You just finished watching the latest episode of Barney Miller. “And now, we bring you tonight’s TV movie premiere. Get ready to travel to a far away galaxy that existed a long, long time ago. It’s the science fiction spectacular…ANDOR. Every Thursday night, only on ABC.”

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“Alone and locked in a nightclub, a man struggles to find a way out before his own sanity turns on him.”