Raspberry Pi, Astro Pi, and More
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CNX Software ☛ Helix 511 fanless industrial embedded computer features Intel Celeron 7305 up to Core i7-12800HL CPU
OnLogic Helix 511 edge computer features an Intel Alder Lake processor from Celeron 7305 up to a Core i7-12800HL CPU with up to 64GB DDR5, M.2 SATA or NVMe storage and designed for use in manufacturing, automation, energy management, and other edge and IoT applications. The fanless industrial embedded computer also comes with two 2.5GbE ports, support up to four independent displays via DisplayPort and Thunderbolt 4 connectors, is equipped with six USB 3.2 ports, as well as optional digital I/O or serial ports for expansion.
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BearID: Face recognition for brown bears
BearID is the kind of engaging project that everyone loves: using face-recognition technology, it helps work out how many individual bears live in an area and monitors their movement and health. Identifying brown bears (Ursus arctos) they already know about allows the project team to develop and refine animal face-recognition techniques that can then be applied to other species.
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Young people coded 15,000 programs to show the ISS astronauts colourful images of animals and plants and remind them of home in this year's Astro Pi Mission Zero.
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European citizens demand router freedom
A pan-European survey, run by the Free Software Foundation Europe, has collected information from more than 1600 end-users and highlighted several obstacles to Router Freedom, such as lack of freedom of choice, provider lock-in and promotion of equipment running exclusively proprietary software.
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Amazon confirms it locked Microsoft engineer out of his Echo gear over false claim
"This wasn’t just a simple inconvenience, though," he wrote. "I have a smart home, and my primary means of interfacing with all the devices and automations is through Amazon Echo devices via Alexa. This incident left me with a house full of unresponsive devices, a silent Alexa, and a lot of questions."
Jackson's smart home wasn't entirely non-functional during this period. Most of his smart home gear, he said, is self-hosted locally, via Apple HomeKit, and not tied to an Amazon cloud service. He could still interact with some devices through Apple's Siri assistant software.
Jackson attributes the suspension of his Amazon account – which controls his Echo hardware and Alexa software – to an Amazon driver misinterpreting an automated Eufy doorbell audio message.