Today's #Hackster round-up is a little later than usual, 'cos it's been a day of organisation: I'm going to Nuremberg for Embedded World on the 10-12th of March.
Which, yay! But I'm in my third decade of this journalism lark, and nobody's been able to convince me to do video... until now. Yup, you'll be seeing my gurning fizzog as I attempt to remember how normal people speak and act in public and WHAT DO I DO WITH MY HANDS HOW CAN THIS BE SO DIFFICULT AM I STANDING WEIRD?
Ahem. It'll be fine!
Oh, right, the round-up! First up is a neat-o project from @gvy_dvpont: an "IRL YouTube" which uses a microcontroller-based standalone QR Code scanner to let his daughter watch a hand-curated list of educational YouTube videos... from a literal printed binder of thumbnails and QR Codes.
#Technology #News #Hackster #HomeAutomation #Video #Microcontroller #HomeAssistant #Jellyfin
Then also neat but demonstrating a very different approach to parenting is this "ephemeral printer" which uses a daisy-wheel-like stencil and a laser to "print" inspiration - or insults - onto glow-in-the-dark paper.
Remember the TV-B-Gone soldering kit? Well, @maltman23 is back with Version 2 - this time powered by an Espressif ESP32-C3 microcontroller and *maybe* to gain features including Wi-Fi connectivity and a mobile app, 'cos what self-respecting soldering kit doesn't have a companion app in 2026?
#Technology #News #Hackster #Electronics #Microcontroller #OpenHardware
And finally, Image Quality Labs is preparing a #crowdfunding campaign to launch a compact accessory for the #Arduino UNO Q single-board computer — giving it the ability to use one or two #RaspberryPi Camera Modules.
#Technology #News #Hackster #SingleBoardComputer #ComputerVision
You've had two days off from it, so it's time to remind you once again: all of that is also available ad- and tracker-free via the #GeminiProtocol
Gareth Halfacree
