Analyzing the typeset from Blade Runner #typography

If you haven’t checked out Typeset In The Future’s site, go now, it’s super fun to read. From their post on Blade Runner:

After studying Alien in intimate detail, it’s time to look at the typography and design of Ridley Scott’s other classic sci-fi movie, Blade Runner. Based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner cements Scott’s reputation for beautiful, gritty, tech noir science fiction.

(As with my previous articles, I should note that there are spoilers aplenty throughout the next 5,000 words. If you don’t want to know when Blade Runner’s sole appearance of Eurostile Bold Extended occurs, look away now.)

Blade Runner’s opening crawl is distinctly un-futuristic in its choice of font. It uses Goudy Old Style – designed by Frederic W. Goudy in 1915 – as part of a veritable typographic cornucopia:

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Ten years of Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories!

Congrats to Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories for hitting 10 years last Tuesday! Lenore & Windell write:

Ten years ago today, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories went live. Happy birthday to us!

We started Evil Mad Scientist way back in 2006 as a blog to help us document and organize our various hobby projects. Since then our projects have been featured in print magazines, in books, on television, in newspapers, at the White House, at museums, and on thousands of other blogs. We’ve built many friendships and many wonderful and bizarre machines, resurrected old computers and video games, and spent a lot of time playing with food, from 3D printing to fractal foods and on and on and on and on. We’ve published a book, released software, and published designs for physical things that people can make into their own. And of course, it all stopped being just a hobby about halfway through the decade.

As the years have passed, our projects have gradually gotten bigger— from a project every Wednesday (originally) to fewer but much more complex, multi-year projects. Along with big projects like the book and the 6502, we’re designing and producing families of soldering kits and art robots like the EggBot, WaterColorBot, and the new AxiDraw, which all bring joy to so many people.

What does the next decade have in store for us? Who knows! But we’re certainly looking forward to seeing what wonders it will bring.

To celebrate the anniversary, we are hosting an open house on July 21 at our shop in Sunnyvale, California, from 5-9 PM. Please come join us!

To all of you: Thanks for being such a great community, thanks for reading Evil Mad Scientist, and thanks for your continued support in all of our endeavors.

– Lenore & Windell

Check out more from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories here!

How to register your drone

This guide covers the basics of registering your drone for hobby purposes. The FAA will finalize a new regulatory frame for small unmanned aeral systems in late August 2016 for commerical work.

If your quadcopter weighs more then 250 grams you will need to register. The fee is only 5 dollars per person, so you can fly an unlimited amount of quadcopters once registered.

Read the full guide on How to register your drone here: https://learn.adafruit.com/how-to-register-your-drone-in-the-usa/overview

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!

DSLR Intervalometer #celebratephotography

From Eureka! on YouTube:

Hey guys, it’s my first YouTube upload about a project that I made.
Be sure to check out the instructable for this project and vote it if you like it! http://www.instructables.com/id/The-U…

Read more and see more on Instructables

We #celebratephotography here at Adafruit every Saturday. From photographers of all levels to projects you have made or those that inspire you to make, we’re on it! Got a tip? Well, send it in!

If you’re interested in making your own project and need some gear, we’ve got you covered. Be sure to check out our Raspberry Pi accessories and our DIY cameras.

Don Silcock on Photographing Humpback Whales in Tonga #celebratephotography

From indo pacific images via photography life:

Swimming with and photographing the Tongan humpback whales had been on my personal “bucket list” for quite some time and then last year I finally got to spend 3 weeks in the island nation doing just that…

It was an all-round fantastic experience and being in the water with such large but gentle-natured animals was quite unlike anything I had done previously!

If you too are interested in swimming with and photographing the Tongan humpback whales check out the Complete Guide to Humpback Whales of Tonga which I have just completed.

See more and check out Don Silcock’s guide

We #celebratephotography here at Adafruit every Saturday. From photographers of all levels to projects you have made or those that inspire you to make, we’re on it! Got a tip? Well, send it in!

If you’re interested in making your own project and need some gear, we’ve got you covered. Be sure to check out our Raspberry Pi accessories and our DIY cameras.

The Capitol - Legislative 3D Printed

Makerbot shared on Thingiverse:

The Capitol – Legislative

Inspired by the Pantheon in Rome and erected in 1793, this neoclassical masterpiece is home to both houses of the Legislative Branch: the United States Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Filibuster your friends to your heart۪s content as you imagine the congressmen who come through its dozens of doors to craft laws, debate, and set their sights on reelection.

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!

iPhone 6 handlebar mount #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Canardiain shares:

This is a mount which will hold your iPhone 6 and clamp onto standard 22.2 mm (7/8″) diameter handlebars. I couldn’t find a design I liked (even to purchase!) so I decided to make my own.

download the files on: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1601142

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!

3D Printed Life-Size Body Model

Voodoo Manufacturing shared on Thingiverse:

Life-Size Body Model

This is a life-size model of a human body! It was made starting with a 3D scan that was then converted into a Body Labs body model and cut up into 88 unique pieces, each small enough to print on a desktop 3D printer. After printing, the individual parts can be assembled (and glued) into the full model.

You can learn more on the Voodoo Manufacturing Blog.

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!

Tie Hanger - Parametric #3DThursday #3DPrinting

thistof shares:

Customizable tie hanger, allows you to select the number of ties you wish to hang, and the inner diameter of the hook.

download the files on: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1637108

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!

Mini FPV camera mount #3DPrinting #3DThursday

This project comes from Thingiverse

this is a slightly modified remix of the mini camera mount from “arovillard”.
i only made the cam opening a little bit longer and removed a little bit of the
border at the bottom side (where the microphone is).
now its a little bit easier to put the cam in.

have fun…

if you like it please FOLLOW me or/and give it a LIKE 🙂 , thx

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Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!