Education: Chaos Communication Congress, Big Book of R , Arduino, and Raspberry Pi
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Trail of Bits ☛ Chaos Communication Congress (37C3) recap
Last month, two of our engineers attended the 37th Chaos Communication Congress (37C3) in Hamburg, joining thousands of hackers who gather each year to exchange the latest research and achievements in technology and security. Unlike other tech conferences, this annual gathering focuses on the interaction of technology and society, covering such topics as politics, entertainment, art, sustainability—and, most importantly, security. At the first Congress in the 80s, hackers showcased weaknesses in banking applications over the German BTX system; this year’s theme, “Unlocked,” highlighted breaking technological barriers and exploring new frontiers in digital rights and privacy.
In this blog post, we will review our contributions to the 37C3—spanning binary exploitation and analysis and fuzzing—before highlighting several talks we attended that we recommend listening to.
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Rlang ☛ Big Book of R at 400 [New milestone!]
This a truly a one-of-a-kind resource. I want to give immense thanks to all the authors, contributors and of course, the broader R community. Big Book of R currently gets about 80k visitors per year which is a great estimate to the top quality content. From the humble beginnings of 100 books in August 2020 (which even then was a sizeable collection), it’s grown to a pretty impressive library.
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Arduino ☛ UNO R4 Stars: Meet Brenda Mboya
Brenda Akoth Mboya, a trailblazing STEM educator and the co-founder of Jenga Labs Africa, embodies the spirit of Arduino-driven innovation in the realm of education and community empowerment. “My passion lies in inspiring African youth by using technology and leadership as tools,” she affirms – and we take pride in being the platform of choice for her vision.
Mboya’s journey with Arduino began with a revelatory moment, when she realized that technology could be both easy and fun, empowering even children under 13 to create meaningful and innovative projects of their own.
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Raspberry Pi ☛ Raspberry Pi powers first driverless car in Formula SAE Brazil competition
Ampera, a Formula Student team from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, has been competing in the electric vehicle (EV) category of the Formula SAE Brazil Competition since 2012. But in 2020, they were inspired by European competitions to start a research group focused on driverless cars. They began developing algorithms for autonomous cars in simulations, and by the end of 2022 they were able to begin implementing the system in their AMP-222 prototype.