11+ hour, 17+ min ago   (33+ words) You want Retro? We did, when we started our retrocomputing challenge. [Peter] decided that transistors weren't retro enough, and sent us this lovely homebrew relay computer, complete with 16- bit CPU,......

7+ hour, 58+ min ago   (130+ words) Multi-agent smart home systems cost 5-10x more to build than single-agent tools. The protocol powering them executes OS commands by design. And regulators haven't caught up. The era of the “free” smart home was always a myth. Sonos isn’t charging you…...

11+ hour, 51+ min ago   (187+ words) What the research found A 2024 study by researchers at UC Davis, University College... Tagged with techtalks, privacy, resources, cybersecurity....

13+ hour, 1+ min ago   (69+ words) Haier is investing €13 billion to make appliances themselves the AI agents, bypassing the hub model entirely. But with 88.4% of organizations reporting agent-related security breaches, the smart home's biggest bet comes with its biggest risk. Mila Cohen Agents at Home All…...

22+ hour, 19+ min ago   (426+ words) If the ESP32-S3-CAM is designed for more advanced camera applications, the SeedStudio XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense takes a different approach. It focuses on size and integration.The XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense combines the ESP32-S3 with a camera, microphone, microSD card support, USB connectivity and even…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (165+ words) A maker has built a standalone 3D LiDAR scanner that turns an inexpensive rotating LiDAR module into a wireless spatial-mapping device. The scanner rotates the sensor to collect distance measurements across multiple angles, allowing it to capture the shape of objects…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (171+ words) Offline AI Meets Embedded Electronics This smart virtual pet combines an ESP32-S3 with an Android phone running local LLMs, speech recognition, and text-to-speech without cloud services. A creative example of how embedded hardware and on-device AI can work together while keeping…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1783+ words) The “automatic toll gate system project” shows how simple sensors and a microcontroller can automate a real-life process like toll collection, making it an ideal project for anyone just starting in electronics. This dual-axis solar tracking system uses Arduino to…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (447+ words) Waveshare’s ESP32-C5-Pico brings dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5 LE and 802.15.4 to a Raspberry Pi Pico-sized board, with onboard battery charging and prices starting at 8.99 dollars. Waveshare has released the ESP32-C5-Pico, a development board built around Espressif’s ESP32-C5 wireless SoC in a Raspberry Pi…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (180+ words) A new single-photon image sensor combines photon counting, timing, histogramming and temporal analysis on one programmable CMOS platform for advanced imaging systems. SPAD Sensor Brings Multimodal Processing On-Chip The key features are: The sensor also provides windowed and coincidence-based detection…...