ICYMI, Adafruit IoT Monthly: Banned Books, ADS-B Scanner, and More!
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ICYMI (In case you missed it), the IoT Monthly Newsletter from AdafruitDaily.com went out this morning! If you missed it, subscribe now!, You’ll get one newsletter each month. The next newsletter will be out in a month, and being subscribed is the best way to keep up with all things Internet of Things. There is no spam, no selling lists, and […]
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Here’s a peek at the July 2026 issue..
Banned Book Library on a WiFi Smart Bulb
Rick Osgood modified a WiFi smart light bulb to host a banned book library. This is a highly creative reuse of existing IoT technology and the write-up is great., richardosgood
Making an Autonomous Boat to Cross the Atlantic
Adafruit Forums user Autonomous_Sailboat built an autonomous motorboat to test a navigation system for an even more ambitious autonomous sailboat., Adafruit Blog
Weathergotchi is an E-Paper Climate Logger
A cute, tiny, open-source climate logger that clips onto your backpack. The YouTube build is a fun watch, too., Adafruit Blog
LLM Agent Embodiment Kit
Inspired by Olivia Zhu’s paper, “A Minimal Self-Perceiving Embodiment for Large Language Models”, this project gives an LLM agent access to a physical device with environmental sensors. Coupled with an agent skill, the physical embodiment kit runs in a closed-loop to sense and express its environment., Adafruit Learning System
Tiny BLE Scanner
If you want to know what Bluetooth Low Energy devices are broadcasting, this tiny scanner picks up packets from nearby devices and displays them., Adafruit Learning System
Plane Spotter, a Tactical ADS-B Desk Radar
This project from Italian maker Danilo Cannas shows the aircraft flying above your home in real-time., Instructables
IoT News and More!
Home Assistant Gets a Matter Upgrade
After four months of development, the newest version of Matter for Home Assistant has been released. The Matter server has been completely rewritten using the matter.js library. This feature seems to benefit both Home Assistant, and matter.js, making it a win for the Open Home Foundation., home-assistant blog