Traces with Origin imagines a parallel universe in which 200 years ago, around 1800 when electricity was being discovered and the first electronic devices were being invented, communities made a point of developing their own electronics. Such local electronics relied on regional resources and production methods, and their design and function were strongly influenced by cultural tradition and ritual. As cultural goods, the electronic devices in this parallel universe often have quaint functionality or no utilitarian function at all, much unlike the deices we find ourselves surrounded by.
We like the ‘hand crafted electronics’ drawings in this artist-in-residency announcement! 🙂
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, or even use Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for MakeCode, CircuitPython, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell with Google Hangouts On-Air is every Wednesday at 7:30pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
