Friends and enemies are made over opinions on the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and comparisons between it and the original three in Episode VI: The Force Awakens is the inevitable byproduct of a fanbase excited for a new glimpse into the treasured galaxy. Anxious about what this strange new man (J.J. Abrams) will bring to it, filmmaker Pablo Fernandez Eyre has put together a video called Star Wars Poetry that proves Episodes IV, V, and VI aren’t as different from I, II, and III as Jar-Jar’s haters might suggest.
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.
