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Blog Summary #006 : Adafruit Gemma Hats Off Challenge 2014 - Final Day

2014-11-07T13:05:49Z

The Adafruit Gemma Hats Off Challenge is running from August 14th to October 31st.Previous activity:Blog Summary #000 : Adafruit Gemma Hats Off Challenge 2014 Blog Summary #001 : Adafruit Gemma Hats Off Challenge 2014 Blog Summary #002 : Adafruit Gemma...(read more)

Gemma-Splashwear 4 me pics only

2014-11-02T07:42:14Z

Thanks element14 for allowing me to show off my work. (read more)

Gemma-Splashwear 4 doggy- just photos

2014-11-02T07:36:46Z

Well its all over so i thought I would now just share pictures, theses are doggy's This was taken at Hive76. He is always welcome. (read more)

gemma-splashwear hat and poncho

2014-11-02T04:11:41Z

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Gemma-splaswear synopsis and Pierre in his umbrella hat and poncho indoors

2014-11-01T05:34:33Z

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Gemma-Splashwear 4 doggy & me. check out my GPS umbrella hat.

2014-11-01T03:55:23Z

Hey everyone! I just went out to test my GPS umbrella hat. Its too cold so I didn't take Pierre Out, but I posted a picture of him in his poncho from Wednesday night at Hive76. Thanks you so much for the opportunity to do what I love to do and ...(read more)

Gemma-splashwear 4 doggy & me. testing the GPS on my umbrella hat and showing my hat build.

2014-11-01T01:47:22Z

Hello everyone, here is my umbrella hat and the build. All of the things I used, I took pictures of. Kyle's the tech guy so he made a video so you will have to listen to him expelling what the GPS does and where he set it to .www.youtube.com/wa...(read more)

Gemma-Splashwear 4 doggy & me, My Ponchos design and creation

2014-11-01T01:19:19Z

Hello everyone, Well it's time to show you my poncho. I have had last minute disasters. My Flora just burned on Pierre's umbrella hat Im trying to get something going. I have spent so many hours designing and adding so many little details that this s...(read more)

Iron man helmet demonstration (final post)

2014-10-31T18:46:23Z

It is done! It's been so long but now its done! I'm glad that the contest is finally over, but I also wish it didn't have to come to an end! I can't believe I built the entire helmet (mostly) without help. it has been really cool making videos and po...(read more)

Hats Off Challenge Summary for Dog Safety Hat, Treasure Map Hat, Spy Hat

2014-10-31T17:26:57Z

When I was about my daughter’s age, my parents brought home an Apple II+ computer, because they were convinced that computers would be very important in the future, and the more we learned about them the better off we’d be. One of the original...(read more)

Safety Hat and Spy Hat final observations

2014-10-31T17:21:11Z

I took the kids and the dog for a walk last night, and made the dog wear the Dog Safety Hat. I also let my son wear the Spy Hat.While the wearing of the Spy Hat was pretty much an unqualified success, involving a fight between the children rega...(read more)

Safety Hat progress 3

2014-10-31T16:57:45Z

My lack of planning ahead to leave time for coding included a lack of planning ahead by charging the battery. We’d ordered a 1200mAH battery from AdaFruit Lithium Ion Polymer Battery - 3.7v 1200mAh ID: 258 - $9.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique ...(read more)

Gemma-Spalshwear 4 doggy and me. Pierre's poncho creation.

2014-10-31T15:01:42Z

Hello everyone! So today is the day this great experience ends but I will keep on making! This was my very first Blog, I know I made mistakes, but I too have learned from them. This was so much fun, I thank Luz Amparo for her great sewing...(read more)

Everything electrical in the helmet

2014-10-31T14:30:38Z

Hey guys! This is the second to last post! In this video, I measure, assemble, solder, and place the wires/tech in the helmet.www.youtube.com/watch Things to note:-all the electronics work fine (even now that I'm done completely) EXCEPT fo...(read more)

Tipping Tophat Totally Tips! (final submission)

2014-10-31T10:17:01Z

www.youtube.com/watch As we enter the final hours, I have completed what I thought would be impossible. The Tipping Tophat finally tips, bringing my kooky idea to reality.When I first began work on the hat, I had a rough idea of how it was going to wo...(read more)