Disney purchasing Lucasfilm in October 2012 led to a lot of comments about Princess Leia Organa joining the ranks of Disney Princesses. There have been parodies exploring this possibility and even Carrie Fisher has made jokes about it. The Star Wars character stands apart from Sleeping Beauty and Ariel, but as far as cosplay goes, it makes for a good mash-up. Elizabeth Oldak made this gorgeous ball gown take on Leia’s attire from A New Hope. She created the costume for Star Wars Celebration from over 20 feet of fabric. The most amazing part about this costume? Elizabeth made it in one night.
Eink, E-paper, Think Ink – Collin shares six segments pondering the unusual low-power display technology that somehow still seems a bit sci-fi – http://adafruit.com/thinkink
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.
