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What does the Bible say about tattoos? The Bible mentions tattoos directly in only one verse, Leviticus 19:28, where the Old Testament law tells ancient Israel not to cut the body for the dead or tattoo marks on the skin.

The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi). This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no […]

Every week we’ll 3D print designs from the community and showcase slicer settings, use cases and of course, Time-lapses! This Week: Velociraptor Flexi Dino By PAB3D makerworld.com/en/models/2787956-articulated-velociraptor-flexi-dinosaurBambu X1C PolyMaker PLA 3hr 23mins X:168 Y:186 Z:50mm .2mm layer / .4mm Nozzle 10% Infill / 1mm Retraction 200C / 60C 162g 230mm/s Every Thursday is #3dthursday here […]

ostat shares: The most feature-rich OpenSCAD implementation of Gridfinity, generating customizable cups, bases, bins, and dividers directly in MakerWorld’s Customizer. Voronoi/hex wall patterns, tapered corners, configurable finger slides. download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/481168-gridfinity-extended Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital […]

troepster shares: A stackable, hygrometer-ready dry box sized around the Bambu filament box footprint. Features a TPU “Pro Gasket” for sealing, snap-latches, and integrated desiccant compartments. 2026 v2.1 update improves lid feel and gasket sealing download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2178883-stackable-filament-dry-box-shelf-sized-storage-2-2 Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and […]

SpaceX has revealed its financials for the first time as it prepares for a potentially massive IPO. The New York Times reports: SpaceX's revenue soared to $18.7 billion in 2025, up 33 percent from a year earlier, the company disclosed in a filing required of firms that are seeking to go public. In the first three months of this year, revenue rose to $4.7 billion from $4.1 billion in the same period a year ago. But the company lost more than $4.9 billion last year, compared with a $791 million profit in 2024, as capital expenditures nearly doubled to $20.7 billion from heavy spending on artificial intelligence development. In the first three months of this year, SpaceX lost almost as much money as all of 2025, recording a $4.3 billion loss.

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Robotobi shares: A print-in-place soldering cable holder with a clip-in spring mechanism for hands-free soldering. Tested with Bambu PLA, PETG, and PETG-CF; includes a calibration test print to verify tolerances download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1005415-soldering-cable-holder-print-in-place Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects […]

mdkendall shares: A 3D-printed enclosure for the popular Sunton “Cheap Yellow Display” ESP32 board (2.8″ 320×240 touch screen), with an optional desk stand. A go-to project for ESPHome and Home Assistant dashboard builders download the files on: https://www.printables.com/model/685845-enclosure-for-sunton-esp32-2432s028r-cheap-yellow- Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for […]

Applepie shares: A pocket-sized retro handheld built around the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with a 2.4″ 320×240 SPI screen, 3000mAh battery, USB-C charging, mono audio, and built-in safe-shutdown hardware. Full Instructables build guide included download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/622540-apple-pocket-pi-retro-handheld-games-console Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and […]

BobSonicLab shares: A Wi-Fi-controlled RGB lamp built around the ESP32 Live Mini Kit and WLED, using WS2812 mini LEDs on a narrow strip. USB-C powered with optional microphone or touch switch input download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/720121-ambient-led-lamp-magic-cubes-rgb-wi-fi Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making […]

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says he expects China to fly taikonauts around the moon in 2027, "ratcheting up perceptions of a space race between China and the United States," reports SpaceNews. He is using that prospect to argue for a revamped Artemis strategy and an accelerated path toward a U.S. lunar return. From the report: "The next time the world tunes in to watch astronauts fly around the moon, which will likely be sometime in 2027, they will be taikonauts, and America will no longer be the exclusive power to send humans into the lunar environment," he said. While Isaacman has frequently discussed a race with China to be the next to land humans on the moon, this was one of the first times he predicted a 2027 Chinese crewed circumlunar mission. He repeated the comments later in the day at an industry reception. China has not publicly announced plans for such a mission, which, as Isaacman described it, would likely be similar to NASA's Artemis 2 mission in April. There have been rumors of a mission along those lines, though, and an expectation of a roadmap of missions leading to a Chinese crewed landing by the end of the decade. So far, all the crewed missions to fly around, orbit or land on the moon have been flown by NASA: nine Apollo missions from 1968 to 1972 and Artemis 2. All the astronauts on those missions have been Americans except for Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen on Artemis 2. Isaacman has used the threat that China could land astronauts on the moon before NASA returns there as a rationale for revamping the Artemis lunar exploration program. In February, he announced that Artemis 3, which was to be a lunar landing attempt in 2028, will instead be a test flight in low Earth orbit in 2027, followed by a landing on Artemis 4 in 2028. In March, he changed other elements of Artemis at the agency's Ignition event, including effectively canceling the lunar Gateway to focus resources instead on a lunar base, while calling for a much higher cadence of robotic lander missions.

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Duckys3DStudio shares: A Gridfinity-compatible Dupont wire organizer with three dedicated sections (M-M, M-F, F-F), engraved labels, and integration with existing Gridfinity baseplates. Ends Dupont wire chaos forever download the files on: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1706188-dupont-jumper-wire-organizer-gridfinity-arduino Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. […]

From the mail bag! Hello, I watched the Pi Zero YouTube video you put up about mean people. It made me very “happy” because I got to see the real people who work at Adafruit. So, thanks for being chill and for all the hard work you do. Thanks to your company, I have a […]

Jimbob shares: A handheld cyberdeck-style ESP32 controller designed for radio-controlled projects. Compact, portable, and customizable — great inspiration for makers building custom RC interfaces or portable ESP32 tools download the files on: https://www.printables.com/model/332425-esparto-cyberdeck-an-esp32-based-remote-control-fo Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital […]

Colossal Biosciences says it has grown chickens inside 3D-printed artificial eggshells. "The company says the egg technology could help conserve at-risk bird species," reports MIT Technology. "It could also play a role in a project to re-create the extinct giant moa, a flightless 12-foot-tall bird that once lived in New Zealand and laid four-liter eggs, larger than those of any living bird." From the report: The biotech company today claimed it has developed a "fully artificial egg" as part of its effort to resurrect extinct avian species, including birds like the dodo and the giant moa. But "artificial eggshell" would probably be a better description for the invention. It's an oval-shaped printed lattice, coated inside with a special silicone-based membrane that lets in oxygen, just as a real eggshell does. To generate birds, Colossal took recently laid chicken eggs and carefully poured their contents into the artificial shells, where they continued growing. A window on top lets researchers peek inside. "To see them all moving around in their artificial eggs was absolutely mind blowing," says Andrew Pask, the company's chief biology officer. "You really feel you can grow life outside of the womb." [...] The work on the artificial eggshell was carried out in Dallas by Colossal's exogenous development team, or Exo Dev. That group is also trying to develop artificial wombs for mammals, starting with marsupials. "We're looking at every single facet of what's happening during a mammalian pregnancy to unpack exactly how we then go about recapitulating that," says Pask. For that team, an artificial eggshell is a relatively quick and easy technical win. That's because chickens are already an example of ex utero development. After an egg is laid, a small embryo sitting on top of the yolk starts growing, drawing nutrients from the yolk, the white, and even the shell, which provides calcium. (Colossal says it has to add ground-up calcium to the artificial eggs.) In order to create a moa, Colossal will have to genetically alter another type of bird, changing potentially thousands of DNA letters. But so far, chickens are the only bird species that can be genetically engineered. And that's via a tricky process of editing stem cells that produce egg and sperm. Scientists have to add or delete DNA letters from these cells and then inject them back into an egg. The resulting bird will carry the genetic changes in its gonads -- and then be able to pass them on. Pask says Colossal's idea is that it could modify avian stem cells enough to produce moa-like sperm or eggs. But then you might have the odd situation of a chicken laying an egg with a moa embryo inside it. "You would have chickens making moa egg and moa sperm. But it's still a chicken egg," he says.

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