Definitely on board with this idea, via Dezeen.
Clear Channel and design studio Affairs have created The Emotional Art Gallery which uses the real-time emotions of commuters to replace adverts with artworks.
The billboards turned the city’s public transport network into a responsive digital art gallery intended to combat negative feelings.
We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.
Counterfeit glue, rat poison, and international trade #makerbusiness
Planet Money’s most recent episode (#900!) tells a roller-coaster ride of international intrigue and counterfeit manufacturing.
The episode is a lot of fun and takes a few interesting turns (especially for a show about a glue company), but it also does a good job highlighting how complex the trade network is, and how hard it is for U.S. companies to deal with Chinese counterfeits. Spoiler alert, the story ends well for ABRO, but not all companies are so fortunate.
More BLOG:
Keeping with tradition, we covered quite a bit this past week. Here’s a kinda short nearing medium length list of highlights:
PyPortal NeoPixel Color Picker
This simple project adds a little color to your life with CircuitPython, PyPortal and NeoPixels. Add two NeoPixel strips to your PyPortal, and display colored buttons that you can touch to set the LED colors. Wave your hand over the PyPortal light sensor to switch between controlling each strip separately or both together.
More LEARN:
Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!
We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more.
Counterfeit glue, rat poison, and international trade #makerbusiness
Planet Money’s most recent episode (#900!) tells a roller-coaster ride of international intrigue and counterfeit manufacturing.
The episode is a lot of fun and takes a few interesting turns (especially for a show about a glue company), but it also does a good job highlighting how complex the trade network is, and how hard it is for U.S. companies to deal with Chinese counterfeits. Spoiler alert, the story ends well for ABRO, but not all companies are so fortunate.
More BLOG:
Keeping with tradition, we covered quite a bit this past week. Here’s a kinda short nearing medium length list of highlights:
PyPortal NeoPixel Color Picker
This simple project adds a little color to your life with CircuitPython, PyPortal and NeoPixels. Add two NeoPixel strips to your PyPortal, and display colored buttons that you can touch to set the LED colors. Wave your hand over the PyPortal light sensor to switch between controlling each strip separately or both together.
More LEARN:
Browse all that’s new in the Adafruit Learning System here!
Maybe the National Treasury can use this image for their new Twenties.
Via The New York Times:
The photograph, on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, is significant because it shows a young Tubman casually seated in a chair wearing an elegant dress with an elaborate bodice and full skirt. Other surviving photographs of Tubman show her looking stern or pensive and, in her later years, frail and wan.
“What this photograph does is humanize Harriet Tubman,” said Lonnie G. Bunch III, the founding director of the museum. “The photograph shows her stylish and in the vibrancy of her youth.”
In 2016, then-Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew proposed that Tubman replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. The proposal has stalled under the Trump administration.
If you are tired of the treasury dragging its feet you can turn your own twenties into Tubman’s!
NIBIB gov shared this video on Youtube! Might be the best minute long explanation out there.
NIBIB’s 60 Seconds of Science explains what is happening in the body when it undergoes an MRI.
Great video and project Unexpected Maker on Hackster.io:
I used to be a game developer, and one of the holy grails in mobile game development is to make the ultimate “one tap” game.
The Adafruit Discord server is hopping at all hours of the day! Keep track of how many users are currently online with this PyPortal Discord Online Counter display.
The CircuitPython code accesses the shields.io API, grabs the SVG graphic containing the user count, and then uses a regular expression search to locate the number of online Discord users. Then it displays the count on the screen, overlaid on top of a custom background image.
Display the current number and names of human astronauts in space on your PyPortal display!
Using CircuitPython, the PyPortal wirelessly grabs the data needed from the open-notify.org API and then turns the JSON data into a total "in-space" count! All on an attractive space background image. Touch the PyPortal's touch screen to display the names of the astronauts.
Whew, what an overwhelming amount of incredible work via World Press Photo:
For the 62nd edition of the contest, an independent jury covering a wide range of photography backgrounds–from six global regions, with an equal number of men and women–selected the 2019 World Press Photo Contest nominees, and the stories that matter. These stories reach about more than 4 million people each year and tour worldwide on an exhibition that visits around 100 locations, starting in Amsterdam from 14 April 2019.
Read and see so much more and find an exhibition near you
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.
Let’s Talk About the MSGEQ7: Porting Arduino Code to CircuitPython (video).
I’m starting out with some projects based around the MSGEQ7 IC. In this video I ported the initial Arduino example code to CircuitPython and I also talk about how much I love the MSGEQ7.
CircuitPython MSGEQ7 Example Code – GitHub.
An infograph of bioluminescent creatures. via tabletopwhale
Hi guys! My name is Eleanor and I’m a self-employed artist from Seattle. This blog post is the first installment of what will hopefully be a year-long infographic design project. I’ve always been into biology and design, so I’m taking a year off after college to see if I can combine the two with at least marginal success….
I spend a lot of time trying to make these infographics accurate (for this post I read a 468 page textbook and used over 200 other sources) but naturally I’m not an expert in every subject I write about.
Today’s post diagrams a few of the most well studied bioluminescent organisms. Hope you enjoy it, and thanks for stopping by
Each Saturday Morning here at Adafruit is Saturday Morning Cartoons! Be sure to check our cartoon and animated posts both nostalgic and new that inspire makers of all ages! You’ll find how-tos for young makers, approaches to learning about science and engineering, and all sorts of comic strip and animated Saturday Morning fun! Be sure to check out our Adafruit products featuring comic book art while you’re at it!
Perfect security solution for roommates or offices with fridge bandits! Via Raspberry Pi:
So, in homage to his time as an undergrad, Adrian decided to finally build that security camera for his fridge, despite now only needing to protect his hummus from his wife. And to build it, he opted to use OpenCV, a Raspberry Pi, and a Raspberry Pi Camera Module.
Adrian provides all the code for the project on his blog, pyimagesearch, with a full explanation of why each piece of code is used — thanks, Adrian!
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An Illustrated Tribute to the Most Endangered Wildlife in Every US State via Behance. We’re in NY… so –
We also have a habit over over-zealously defending ourselves by killing the snakes on sight – although only one or two people are bitten by the eastern massasauga each year, and deaths are very rare.
Adafruit forums user cansc writes about their design of a Voyagers! Omni device:
All the existing electronics (sound board and amp and battery) are from Adafruit. Existing “globe” in the center is a digital photo frame keychain
It’s a custom design and I had it 3d printed on shapeways, assembled it, engraved it, did the dials, etc. Just looking to see if I can improve the electronics. Not sure if I can, hopefully though. I found the thickness of the sound board/ amp and battery and the digital photo frame were just enough to fit inside. That’s why I’m seeing if I can get something thinner/ better/ a more streamlined solution. Thanks so much for your help.
We don’t have any details about the build other than what is above but it looks great! See their video above.
via PiMyLifeUp
Utilizing the gphoto2 software, we will be able to talk with your Raspberry Pi to control the camera to perform actions such as taking photos, downloading files from the camera and setting configuration on the camera.
In this tutorial, we will be showing you the process of compiling the very latest version of the gphoto2 software and installing it to your Raspberry Pi.
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Adafruit forums user cansc writes about their design of a Voyagers! Omni device:
All the existing electronics (sound board and amp and battery) are from Adafruit. Existing “globe” in the center is a digital photo frame keychain
It’s a custom design and I had it 3d printed on shapeways, assembled it, engraved it, did the dials, etc. Just looking to see if I can improve the electronics. Not sure if I can, hopefully though. I found the thickness of the sound board/ amp and battery and the digital photo frame were just enough to fit inside. That’s why I’m seeing if I can get something thinner/ better/ a more streamlined solution. Thanks so much for your help.
We don’t have any details about the build other than what is above but it looks great! See their video above.
Via NASA’s History Office: Sally Ride said: “The engineers at NASA, in their infinite wisdom, decided that women astronauts would want makeup – so they designed a makeup kit… You can just imagine the discussions amongst the predominantly male engineers about what should go in a makeup kit.”
You can read more about women in space in their article here
And more about pioneering Astronaut Sally Ride here.
Via Smithsonian.com – the astronaut’s lunar outfit was designed by the women’s bra manufacturer and inspired a series of space age fashions.
Pressure suit, A7-L worn by Armstrong (above and below). Materials for the overalls include beta cloth, rubber, nylon, plastic connectors, aluminum neck ring, aluminum wrist locking rings, aluminum zipper and brass with neoprene gasket.
“A spacesuit is made out of a flight suit, a Goodrich tire, a bra, a girdle, a raincoat, a tomato worm.”
From the book Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, by Nicholas de Monchaux
Or, that’s what a spacesuit was made from in 1969 when astronaut Neil Armstrong donned the bulky, Pillsbury-Doughboy-looking suit of great engineering and design ingenuity to take humankind’s first steps on the moon.
A spacesuit is “the world’s smallest spacecraft,” explained MIT professor, engineer and spacesuit designer Dava Newman at the PopTech conference in 2011. This pressurized outerwear, designed for human survival in space, has to provide an astronaut with protection against the extreme environment, deliver oxygen, modulate temperature and equally important, allow mobility for the wearer to work.
The evolution of the spacesuit has been one of trial and error, nixing skin-tight, multilayered garments that took a team to get on and off, as well as individualized, pressurized rolling balloon structures. But Armstrong’s handmade, completely customized suit (complete with an American flag stitched on the shoulder), the first garment to touch the surface the moon, was a product of the industrial division of the women’s bra manufacturer Playtex. The L.A. Review of Books, in reviewing Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, described how, as underdogs, the Playtex team secured the contract with their innovative-thinking, couture-level sewing skills and sheer determination:
ILC’s team , a motley group of seamstresses and engineers, led by a car mechanic and a former television repairman, manages to convince NASA to let them enter their “test suit” in a closed, invitation-only competitive bid at their own expense. They spend six weeks working around the clock—at times breaking into their own offices to work 24-hour shifts—to arrive at a suit solution that starkly outperforms the two invited competitors. In open, direct competition with larger, more moneyed companies, ILC manages to produce a superior space suit by drawing on the craft-culture handiwork and expertise of seamstresses, rather than on the hard-line culture of engineering.
Playtex’s design and construction, seen by millions after Armstrong made his lunar landing, brought space age fashion collections to a frenzied pitch in the late 1960s.
Interested in space engineering (or fashion)? Let us know in the comments below.
Use voice commands to automatically turn your things on or off!
Shared on hackster.io:
I wanted to completely automate my room. I had an old RPi-3 lying around. So I made it to my use and created this awesome home automation project with OpenHAB and IFTTT.
To get started with the project, you have to know how many switches you want to automate. I wanted to automate 4 switches, so I used a 4-channel relay. But the choice is upto you.
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Via the Linux Journal: Learn about some of the risks when choosing an alternative to a Raspberry Pi for your project.
I have a lot of low-cost single-board computers (SBCs) at my house. And, I’ve written a number of articles for Linux Journal that discuss how I put those computers to use. Even more recently, I wrote a “Pi-ventory” article where I tried to count up just how many of these machines I had in my home.
Although the majority of the SBCs I use are some form of Raspberry Pi, I also sometimes use Pi alternatives—SBCs that mimic the Raspberry Pi while also offering expanded features—whether that’s gigabit Ethernet, faster CPUs, SATA ports, USB3 support or any number of other improvements. These boards often even mimic the Raspberry Pi by having “Pi” in their names, so you have Orange Pi and Banana Pi among others. Although Pi alternatives allow you to solve some problems better than a Raspberry Pi, and in many cases they provide hardware with better specifications for the same price, they aren’t without their drawbacks.
The initial Raspberry Pi was a runaway success, and all of the subsequent models have sold incredibly well. There are only a few variants on the Raspberry Pi platform, and later hardware upgrades have done a good job at maintaining backward-compatibility where possible (in particular with overall board dimensions and placement of ports). There also have been only a few “official” Raspberry Pi peripherals through the years (the camera being the best example). When you have this many of a particular hardware device out in the world, and the primary vendor is mostly focused on the hardware itself, you have a strong market for add-ons and peripherals from third parties.
The secondary Raspberry Pi market is full of cases, peripherals and add-on hardware like USB WiFi dongles that promise to be compatible out of the box with earlier models that didn’t include WiFi. Adafruit is a good example of an electronics vendor who has jumped into the Raspberry Pi secondary market with a lot of different hobbyist kits that feature the Raspberry Pi as the core computing and electronics platform. That company and others also have created custom add-on shields intended to stack on top of the Raspberry Pi and add additional features including a number of different screen options, sensors and even cellular support.
The secondary market for Pi alternatives is pretty small. You might find cases or other basic peripherals, but because there just aren’t as many of those devices out in the world, it’s much riskier for a company to go to the trouble of making specific add-ons just for those devices.
One of the major things Raspberry Pi has going for it is its community. Because of its popularity and how many of these devices were sold compared to those of competitors, it has an enormous community of users that spread across all kinds of disciplines—from electrical engineers to gamers to sysadmins to artists.
Many of the Pi alternatives do have communities in their own right with forums and chat rooms that you can turn to for support. There are also guides online for some of the more common use cases for a particular board (for instance, boards that feature SATA and gigabit Ethernet being used as a file server). Some of the common software projects (like media PC projects) often also include Pi alternatives in their documentation alongside Raspberry Pi if a particular board becomes popular for that use. So in many cases, the community is there, but if you start to stray from the common uses for your particular board, you are more likely to be on your own, or at least you’ll have to adapt a Raspberry Pi guide to your SBC.
If you are debating between a Raspberry Pi and another board for your project, I hope this article has been helpful. In general, my advice is just to do your research before you buy any particular board—even a Raspberry Pi. Without proper research, you may end up with a board that won’t work well for your project or that works only with an ancient OS. Defaulting to a Raspberry Pi is also not a silver bullet. I’ve chosen Pi alternatives for many of my projects specifically because a Raspberry Pi would have been underpowered (or didn’t have proper hardware support) for my needs.
Side Note:
Adafruit is hoping to provide additional software support to non-Raspberry Pi SBCs via Blinka. Blinka is a Python 3 layer that provides access to GPIO pins and other hardware across different boards. See this guide for additional information. The nVidia Jetson is the latest board to receive such support.
Via Zach at howchoo is a project to build a battery-powered all-in-one Raspberry Pi computer inside an official Raspberry Pi keyboard
I’ve long been fascinated with the compact simplicity of all-in-one computer/keyboards such as the Commodore 64. When the official Raspberry Pi keyboard was released, I knew what had to be done.
So I built a battery-powered all-in-one Raspberry Pi computer inside an official Raspberry Pi keyboard (well, I guess it isn’t technically an all-in-one since it doesn’t have a built-in monitor). In addition to a battery, I added a power LED and button so I’ll know when the Pi was on and can safely turn it on and off.
The official Raspberry Pi mouse connects directly to the keyboard, giving you a super compact setup with a small footprint. Finally, the keyboard connects to the Pi externally via a small cable; this way, you can still use the keyboard with other computers as a normal keyboard!
The guide shows you step-by-step how to build your own. Included are some Adafruit parts:
Via Zach at howchoo is a project to build a battery-powered all-in-one Raspberry Pi computer inside an official Raspberry Pi keyboard
I’ve long been fascinated with the compact simplicity of all-in-one computer/keyboards such as the Commodore 64. When the official Raspberry Pi keyboard was released, I knew what had to be done.
So I built a battery-powered all-in-one Raspberry Pi computer inside an official Raspberry Pi keyboard (well, I guess it isn’t technically an all-in-one since it doesn’t have a built-in monitor). In addition to a battery, I added a power LED and button so I’ll know when the Pi was on and can safely turn it on and off.
The official Raspberry Pi mouse connects directly to the keyboard, giving you a super compact setup with a small footprint. Finally, the keyboard connects to the Pi externally via a small cable; this way, you can still use the keyboard with other computers as a normal keyboard!
The guide shows you step-by-step how to build your own. Included are some Adafruit parts:
The Raspberry Pi Foundation recently released a video: Made in Wales – Making the Raspberry Pi 3B+ in Wales, UK
Via the Linux Journal: Learn about some of the risks when choosing an alternative to a Raspberry Pi for your project.
I have a lot of low-cost single-board computers (SBCs) at my house. And, I’ve written a number of articles for Linux Journal that discuss how I put those computers to use. Even more recently, I wrote a “Pi-ventory” article where I tried to count up just how many of these machines I had in my home.
Although the majority of the SBCs I use are some form of Raspberry Pi, I also sometimes use Pi alternatives—SBCs that mimic the Raspberry Pi while also offering expanded features—whether that’s gigabit Ethernet, faster CPUs, SATA ports, USB3 support or any number of other improvements. These boards often even mimic the Raspberry Pi by having “Pi” in their names, so you have Orange Pi and Banana Pi among others. Although Pi alternatives allow you to solve some problems better than a Raspberry Pi, and in many cases they provide hardware with better specifications for the same price, they aren’t without their drawbacks.
The initial Raspberry Pi was a runaway success, and all of the subsequent models have sold incredibly well. There are only a few variants on the Raspberry Pi platform, and later hardware upgrades have done a good job at maintaining backward-compatibility where possible (in particular with overall board dimensions and placement of ports). There also have been only a few “official” Raspberry Pi peripherals through the years (the camera being the best example). When you have this many of a particular hardware device out in the world, and the primary vendor is mostly focused on the hardware itself, you have a strong market for add-ons and peripherals from third parties.
The secondary Raspberry Pi market is full of cases, peripherals and add-on hardware like USB WiFi dongles that promise to be compatible out of the box with earlier models that didn’t include WiFi. Adafruit is a good example of an electronics vendor who has jumped into the Raspberry Pi secondary market with a lot of different hobbyist kits that feature the Raspberry Pi as the core computing and electronics platform. That company and others also have created custom add-on shields intended to stack on top of the Raspberry Pi and add additional features including a number of different screen options, sensors and even cellular support.
The secondary market for Pi alternatives is pretty small. You might find cases or other basic peripherals, but because there just aren’t as many of those devices out in the world, it’s much riskier for a company to go to the trouble of making specific add-ons just for those devices.
One of the major things Raspberry Pi has going for it is its community. Because of its popularity and how many of these devices were sold compared to those of competitors, it has an enormous community of users that spread across all kinds of disciplines—from electrical engineers to gamers to sysadmins to artists.
Many of the Pi alternatives do have communities in their own right with forums and chat rooms that you can turn to for support. There are also guides online for some of the more common use cases for a particular board (for instance, boards that feature SATA and gigabit Ethernet being used as a file server). Some of the common software projects (like media PC projects) often also include Pi alternatives in their documentation alongside Raspberry Pi if a particular board becomes popular for that use. So in many cases, the community is there, but if you start to stray from the common uses for your particular board, you are more likely to be on your own, or at least you’ll have to adapt a Raspberry Pi guide to your SBC.
If you are debating between a Raspberry Pi and another board for your project, I hope this article has been helpful. In general, my advice is just to do your research before you buy any particular board—even a Raspberry Pi. Without proper research, you may end up with a board that won’t work well for your project or that works only with an ancient OS. Defaulting to a Raspberry Pi is also not a silver bullet. I’ve chosen Pi alternatives for many of my projects specifically because a Raspberry Pi would have been underpowered (or didn’t have proper hardware support) for my needs.
Side Note:
Adafruit is hoping to provide additional software support to non-Raspberry Pi SBCs via Blinka. Blinka is a Python 3 layer that provides access to GPIO pins and other hardware across different boards. See this guide for additional information. The nVidia Jetson is the latest board to receive such support.
via RaspberryPi.org
Learn to build a Raspberry Pi robot buggy and control it via voice, smart device or homemade controller with our free online resources.
To build a basic Raspberry Pi-powered robot buggy, you’ll need to start with a Raspberry Pi. For our free tutorial, the team uses a Raspberry Pi 3B+, though you should be good with most models.
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via RaspberryPi.org
Learn to build a Raspberry Pi robot buggy and control it via voice, smart device or homemade controller with our free online resources.
To build a basic Raspberry Pi-powered robot buggy, you’ll need to start with a Raspberry Pi. For our free tutorial, the team uses a Raspberry Pi 3B+, though you should be good with most models.
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via Matthias Wandel
Using a raspberry pi, camera module, image analysis, a stepper motor and driver, and a rotating platform to automatically aim an infrared heater at me as I move around the workshop.
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from Heidi Ulrich via hackster.io
Would you like a fireplace or stove in your house? Now you can have one! With light, sound, warmth… and an on-off switch.
I live in an appartment built in the mid 60’s, when gas stoves were the thing to warm up your place. Soon after moving in, I took it all old stoves out and replaced them by central heating, controlled by domotica. But, having lived with the warm cozy fireplace for a while, I came to miss it. So I gathered electronics and made a plan to rebuild one… hacker style.
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Tv Head from Neil Andruski on Vimeo.
An experiment into a different form of presentation for animation. An old CRT Tv stripped to a shell and used to make a wearable TV mask with controllable animation via Raspberry pi 3 and wii remote.
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From OllyH4 on Instructables:
I built a box for my friend’s bar that has a Raspberry Pi inside and with the push of one button it streams audio to a website using Darkice and Icecast, while simultaneously lighting an ‘On-Air’ sign.
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From OllyH4 on Instructables:
I built a box for my friend’s bar that has a Raspberry Pi inside and with the push of one button it streams audio to a website using Darkice and Icecast, while simultaneously lighting an ‘On-Air’ sign.
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via RaspberryPiPod
Pierre-yves Baloche has done a great write-up of his current project. He’s taken a Raspberry Pi and Pi TV HAT and created a TV recorder. He’s used a WD Pi-Drive and a spare Pi Zero case to house the HAT, connected with a ribbon cable and worked out how to get the software working. After this prototype stage, he then created a 3D-printed enclosure to house the HAT and some indicator LEDs in the shape of a Pimoroni Blinkt. You can read how he did it here.
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Big thanks to John for sending in this tip! John writes:
My 95 year old dad had a fall, and couldn’t get out to dance. The Polka Pi is a one button solution to playing polka dance videos. With
this, there’s an on demand party at Glenn’s place! I built the Polka Pi borrowing heavily from Adafruit tutorials. What a wonderful time to make
things!
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Big thanks to John for sending in this tip! John writes:
My 95 year old dad had a fall, and couldn’t get out to dance. The Polka Pi is a one button solution to playing polka dance videos. With
this, there’s an on demand party at Glenn’s place! I built the Polka Pi borrowing heavily from Adafruit tutorials. What a wonderful time to make
things!
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Handy new tutorial by Adrian Rosebrock up on PyImageSearch.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to build a Raspberry Pi security camera using OpenCV and computer vision. The Pi security camera will be IoT capable, making it possible for our Raspberry Pi to to send TXT/MMS message notifications, images, and video clips when the security camera is triggered.
Back in my undergrad years, I had an obsession with hummus. Hummus and pita/vegetables were my lunch of choice.
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