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The Hackster Blog Is Moving

The Hackster Blog Is Moving

We have some exciting news to share with you! Over the past six months our team has been hard at work to provide our readers with a much…
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Hackster Staff
A First Look at the ‘Beta’ ESP32-S2 Development Kits

A First Look at the ‘Beta’ ESP32-S2 Development Kits

Announced back in May by Espressif, engineering samples of the new ESP32-S2 silicon started shipping to community members in July. Since…
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Alasdair Allan
What Is Azure Sphere Security Service?

What Is Azure Sphere Security Service?

Azure Sphere provides more than just a hardware and software platform for building Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The third component…
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Chris Pietschmann
USB Armory Mk II, a Swiss Army Knife for Security Applications

USB Armory Mk II, a Swiss Army Knife for Security Applications

InversePath, an F-Secure company, has released an open-source flash drive sized Linux computer, designed from the ground up with…
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Nick Engmann
The BeagleBone AI Is Now Shipping

The BeagleBone AI Is Now Shipping

First announced back in February at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany, the BeagleBone AI started shipping at the tail end of last week.
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Alasdair Allan
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SmartCan Rolls Trash to the Curb for You

SmartCan Rolls Trash to the Curb for You

As I write this, it’s Monday, and my mind immediately jumps to whether or not I need to take the trash out — which actually doesn’t happen…
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Jeremy S. Cook
SwarmTouch: Handheld Interaction with Multiple Drones at Once

SwarmTouch: Handheld Interaction with Multiple Drones at Once

One drone is easy enough to control, with hours of practice of course, but controlling two or more simultaneously is — if not impossible —…
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Jeremy S. Cook
Wireless Debugging Tool ctxLink Opens Crowdfunding

Wireless Debugging Tool ctxLink Opens Crowdfunding

Engineer Sid Price has officially opened crowdfunding for his latest creation, a debugging probe based on the popular 1 Bit Squared Black…
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Gareth Halfacree
ProtoCentral Releases HealthyPi v4 Wearable Vital Sign Monitor

ProtoCentral Releases HealthyPi v4 Wearable Vital Sign Monitor

ProtoCentral has released their new HealthyPi v4 wearable vital sign monitor that can function as a standalone device or used as a HAT for…
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Cabe Atwell
Nah Yeah Buoy Warns of Rip Currents

Nah Yeah Buoy Warns of Rip Currents

As reported here, and here, Victoria University of Wellington Design students Hannah Tilsley and Chamonix Stuart have been named…
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Jeremy S. Cook
4Play Is a 3D Tic-Tac-Toe Game

4Play Is a 3D Tic-Tac-Toe Game

You’ve certainly played the game of tic tac toe, but at some point you probably got things figured out and it wasn’t much fun anymore…
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Jeremy S. Cook
Microsoft Releases Vision AI Development Kit Based on Qualcomm’s Vision Intelligence Platform

Microsoft Releases Vision AI Development Kit Based on Qualcomm’s Vi...

During Microsoft’s annual Build developers conference in May of this year, the company announced a partnership with Qualcomm to bring…
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Cabe Atwell
SmallKat Is an Open Source, 3D-Printed Kitty Robot

SmallKat Is an Open Source, 3D-Printed Kitty Robot

Earlier this year Roboticist Kevin Harrington and a team of students from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute unveiled SmallKat, a…
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Cabe Atwell
Fairwaves Set to Launch XCOM Embedded x86 Platform for SDR Applications

Fairwaves Set to Launch XCOM Embedded x86 Platform for SDR Applicat...

Mobile network company Fairwaves is set to launch a bundle of new XCOM embedded x86 SDR (Software Defined Radio) development boards, which…
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Cabe Atwell
Eye of Sauron Guards the Vending Machine

Eye of Sauron Guards the Vending Machine

PDX Hackespace, in Portland, Oregon acquired a vending machine. As you might expect, members immediately began to hack it, working on a…
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Jeremy S. Cook
Berkeley Engineers Design Flying Swappable Batteries for Drones to Maintain Flight

Berkeley Engineers Design Flying Swappable Batteries for Drones to ...

Drones are a great tool that can be used for a myriad of applications, including search and rescue operations, job site inspections, and…
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Cabe Atwell
Seeed Opens Pre-Orders for NPi i.MX6ULL Dual-Ethernet Dev Board

Seeed Opens Pre-Orders for NPi i.MX6ULL Dual-Ethernet Dev Board

Seeed Studio has begun taking pre-orders for the NPi i.MX6ULL development board, targeting those working in the industrial control and…
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Gareth Halfacree
Spare RC Gimbal Converted Into Unique Joystick Input

Spare RC Gimbal Converted Into Unique Joystick Input

As seen here, YouTuber Gigawipf upgraded his Taranis gimbals some time ago, and while certainly not as good as what he’s now using…
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Jeremy S. Cook
Tired of Opening Your Own Curtains? Use an ESP32 to Do It Automatically

Tired of Opening Your Own Curtains? Use an ESP32 to Do It Automatic...

It’s an sad scene: your alarm clock starts blaring at 7am. You’re groggy and trying to rub the final remnants of a dream from your eyes…
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Cameron Coward
Building a Gesture-Controlled LED Lamp with Micro:bit and Arduino

Building a Gesture-Controlled LED Lamp with Micro:bit and Arduino

Earlier this year, Manoj Nathwani attended the Chaos Communication Camp that took place near Berlin Germany. Rather than attend this…
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Jeremy S. Cook
This Phone Case Lets You Type Quickly One-Handed Without Looking

This Phone Case Lets You Type Quickly One-Handed Without Looking

Before we all ended up with smartphones consisting of nothing more than a giant touchscreen, we had dumb phones with just a sufficient…
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Cameron Coward
JLaservideo’s E.D.I.T.H Glasses Miniaturized with Raspberry Pi Zero W

JLaservideo’s E.D.I.T.H Glasses Miniaturized with Raspberry Pi Zero W

When we last featured JLaservideo’s E.D.I.T.H glasses, they used a notebook computer in a backpack, a webcam, and a see-through lens to…
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Jeremy S. Cook
Truly Automate Your Nighttime Routine with Bed Occupancy Sensors

Truly Automate Your Nighttime Routine with Bed Occupancy Sensors

IoT (Internet of Things) and home automation systems promise to simplify your daily routines by automatically performing repetitive tasks…
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Cameron Coward
Bobble-Bot Is a Balancing Robot Designed for Teaching ROS on a Raspberry Pi

Bobble-Bot Is a Balancing Robot Designed for Teaching ROS on a Rasp...

It can be hard to know where to start if you’re interested in learning about robotics. You want something simple enough to not be…
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Cameron Coward
Use Adafruit’s MONSTER M4SK and Reverse-Augmented Reality for a Creepy Halloween Costume

Use Adafruit’s MONSTER M4SK and Reverse-Augmented Reality for a Cre...

The term “augmented reality” usually describes technology that lays virtual graphics on top of the real world. Pokémon Go, for example…
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Cameron Coward
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