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A little bit of Times Square on your desk
With Adalight and Adavision out the door, we wanted to cap off the year with at least one more project showcasing the cool things that can be done with our Digital RGB LED Pixels, and we’ll be posting...
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Free Science and Engineering Programs for NYC Students
Here’s a great list of free after-school and summer programs open to NYC Students and their families – including some paid internships! Highlights include SEEK, a 3 week summer program for young...
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Adafruit visits the 2014 NYC Armory show #armoryshow2014 #arttuesday
The Armory Show is an annual event held in New York City celebrating artists and galleries from all around the world. It’s NYC’s largest art fair and believe us, it was huge. This year there were so...
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A Miniature of Manhattan Carved in Marble #ArtTuesday
Another great piece from the Armory Show this year! Check out Adafruit’s coverage of the show here. Via gBlog. Presented last week at the Park Avenue Armory art fair, Little Manhattan is artist Yutaka...
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High School Students and their Robots Play Ball at FIRST Robotics Regionals...
Two weekends ago, High School Students from across the globe competed at the New York City FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition. The students faced...
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AMLGM Envisions Urban Alloy Tower Over Transportation Hub in NYC
AMLGM has developed a city redesign plan called “Urban Alloy,” which focuses on re-imagining the space around existing transportation hubs in the outer boroughs of NYC. Via designboom. From AMLGM:...
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Long lost Game Boy camera photos of NYC prove hi-res isn’t always better
The creators project posted about these photos from 2000 that were taken by photographer David Friedman. Check out his blog here. Throwing a wrench into the “higher resolution = better photos” debate,...
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The NY Train Project takes us on a tour of the NYC underground #ArtTuesday
Art Director and Designer Adam Chang created the NY Train Project, which is an online gallery that takes us on artful tour of the subway stations of New York City. New York’s subway system can be one...
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New York unveils first-ever regulations on Bitcoin
The New York Department of Financial Services has revealed a proposal of regulations governing virtual currencies such as Bitcoin. The rules say that anyone conducting “virtual currency business...
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This Manhattan Organization Designs Custom Furniture for Disabled Children
The NYTimes.com profiled the NYC organization Adaptive Design, which makes custom furniture designs for disabled children. Adaptive Design teaches furniture building classes and workshops using...
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NYC Raspberry Jam – Microcontroller Ideas Sharing and Demo Night, Sept 17 @...
NYC Raspberry Jam – Microcontroller Ideas Sharing and Demo Night, Sept 17 @ 6:30pm: When: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 – 6:30 PM Where: Zahn Center at Grove School of Engineering, 140th Street and...
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New York 2014 #MakerCon Starts Tomorrow! @MakerCon #makerbusiness
Check out the speakers and sessions guide for this week’s 2014 NYC edition of MakerCon! If you haven’t explored this before, here’s the playlist from the MakerCon Bay Area 2014 to whet your appetite!
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World Maker Faire New York 2014 Starts Saturday! @makerfaire #makerfaire
We are all looking forward to Maker Faire’s New York 2014 this coming weekend! Adafruit doesn’t have its own booth at Maker Faire — we’d rather offer great parts and kits for you Makers to have in...
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World Maker Faire New York 2014 – 3D Printing Round-up! @makerfaire...
Exhibit – 3D Printer Village The 3D Printer Village is one of the largest gatherings of hobbyist 3D printers enthusiasts in the world! (Latest news – over 70 tents…no really!) Make: Live Stage – Sat...
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Time travel Tuesday #timetravel a look back at the Adafruit, maker, science,...
The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves. ~Steven Covey 1520 – Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan. The Strait of Magellan (also called the...
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Evernote-Backed Hackathon Brings More Tech Activity To the Bronx #makereducation
WIRED has a story on the emergence of the Bronx onto the tech scene, citing factors such as Fordham University and the low cost of living: The Bronx isn’t often listed among the country’s tech hubs....
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See the Progress on NYC’s Long-Awaited 2nd Avenue Subway
From WIRED: The line eventually will run 8.5 miles under Second Avenue from Harlem to the Financial District. New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the first phase, from 57th Street to...
View ArticleA New York City Minute, Frozen in Time
We love this short film from Paul Trillo. A few of the settings featured are not far from the Adafruit Office! From The Atlantic: In this short film, director Paul Trillo takes you on a whirling,...
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The New York Public Library Is Using Old Maps To Create A Time Machine Of The...
As an avid fan of NYC history, I’m thrilled by this new project from the NYPL. From FastCoExist: What if we could peel back the layers of the cities we live in? Imagine if you could look up any...
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NYC museums offer growing number of STEM programs for kids #makereducation
Last week, the NY Daily News published a story on the increasing number of STEM themed programs popping up at museums throughout New York City. From the New York Transit Museum’s ‘Get Kinetic!’...
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