We're wrapping up Women's History Month by talking about the influence of work traditionally done by women on the fields of computer science and engineering. From using binary code to manually weaving memory cores for the Apollo Missions, women have been at the forefront of many innovations in the industry without proper credit.

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This is the final installment in a series about the Midwest Defenders' build for the OpenCV Spatial AI Competition.

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Following up on last week's blog, we learn how Jesse programmed his team's submission for Open CV's Spatial AI competition.

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This is the first part of a series on Jesse Brockmann's build for the OpenCV Spatial AI Contest.

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This week on the OpenCV Weekly Webinar Jesse Brockmann shows off his very cool LEGO-sized robot navigation system with tiny road signs and everything!

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Today, we release a new Power Supply Sample Kit along with a few new SparkX Products and a programmer for your ESP projects!

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In this follow-up, I’ll show you the (mostly) finished project, talk about what I used, what I learned along the way, and just how much fun it is to have a robot that throws candy bars with unwavering accuracy and consistency.

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It seems this Halloween we once again have additional considerations to take into account. I'm focusing on handing out candy to trick-or-treaters while maintaining proper social distancing.

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Last week we released a great little haptic driver from Dialog Semiconductors. This week I show you how fast and simple it is to build into a potentially job-saving project.

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GNSS tracking has improved greatly over the past decade, but what about movement and position tracking without satellites? Is it even possible?

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Check out some of our recent Pi tutorials to get started with Raspberry Pi, the RP2040, Qwiic and more!

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Nothing says "I love you" on Valentine's Day like a homemade gift. And if that gift happens to be made using 3D-printed parts, addressable LEDs and a phone app you create yourself - everybody wins!

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The great thing about open source software is that when you want a new feature, you can just add it!

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Pimoroni has released a line of four new digital audio boards, bringing enhanced sound and an integrated graphical display to your Raspberry Pi.

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We've written hundreds of libraries and made lots of mistakes. Learn the basics of how to write a good library.

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Deck out your Sphero RVR robot with a Raspberry Pi Zero W, remote pan-tilt camera, and some Qwiic components!

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