Open Hardware: Arduino, Cruise, Raspberry Pi
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Arduino ☛ Upgrade your shop with voice-controlled smart LED lighting
Congratulations! You finally have a garage to call your own and you’re ready to turn it into the workshop of your dreams. But before you go on a shopping spree in Home Depot’s tools section, you may want to consider upgrading from that single dim lightbulb to more substantial lighting — otherwise, you’ll never find the screws you drop on the ground. LeMaster Tech can help with his great video on installing DIY voice-controlled smart LED lighting.
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The Register UK ☛ Robocar company Cruise hires industry vet to oversee safety
Since starting to operate its vehicles on the streets of San Francisco in 2022, Cruise has seen one of its cars hit a bendy bus, another drive into wet cement and become stuck, and several freeze up in traffic and cause a jam, as The Register has reported.
Yet it was the events of last October that caused the biggest response: a hit-and-run driver struck a pedestrian in San Francisco, throwing her into the path of a Cruise autonomous vehicle, which also ran over her and trapped her under the wheels. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) both launched investigations.
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Raspberry Pi ☛ Flipper’s new Video Game Module is powered by Raspberry Pi
Our friends at Flipper Devices have made a fantastic new video game accessory for their popular Flipper Zero. It turns your Flipper into a mini games console, adding device UI output to TV, motion sensing, and crazy-powerful GPIO expansion. It’s all built on our powerful RP2040 microcontroller.
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Arduino ☛ SPIN is a beautiful and imaginative AI synthesizer
A Raspberry Pi 4 Model B runs MusicGen, but it receives inputs through an Arduino Mega 2560 connected to the buttons. There are also dials to set song duration and BPM (beats per minute), as well as control knobs.
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Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications
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Interesting Engineering ☛ These towers deploy anywhere for mobile air traffic control
Unlike traditional fixed-location towers, ATNAVICS thrives on mobility. This self-contained system packs all the essential functionalities of a conventional tower - advanced radar, precision landing guidance, and even identification technology - onto a transportable platform.
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