C2E2 2014: 10 Awesome Costumes from Day 1 #cosplay
Fans, creators, and cosplayers are gathering Chicago this weekend for the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2). You never know what kind of costumes you’ll see at an event like this, and I’ve rounded up photos of ten cosplays from the first day of the convention to admire and to serve as a source of inspiration. Remember: anyone can cosplay!
Genderswapped Rainbow Brite and Strawberry Shortcake with LED hats, photo by Thom Zahler
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, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, 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 is every Wednesday at 7pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
