It's time for the last #Hackster round-up of the week, and while there are only three articles today the first is a biggun: my (much delayed) field report from Embedded World 2026.
It's still missing one of the videos - apparently AMD's legal department wants to check it first, but isn't exactly in a rush...
Just want to skip to the videos and watch Extremely Uncomfortable Gareth do the thing he's spent three decades avoiding and put his gurning fizzog on-camera?
Start with my interview with Robin Saltnes on Nordic Semi's "edge-AI" demos. (Don't worry, it's sparkling machine learning - no LLMs here.)
Then I talked to NXP's Kathleen Jachimiak about the company's demo of Bluetooth Channel Sounding - centimetre-accurate distance estimation, using nothing but Bluetooth radios and clever maths.
Although if you pay attention to the numbers on the little OLED, you might notice that it... err, wasn't working very well. To be fair, the show floor is a challenging environment!
I also took a look at some of the stuff on NXP's "Partner Wall" - demos and devices powered by the company's i.MX family of chips.
And last - alphabetically, chronologically, and 'cos it's my favourite - was my interview with Kate Stewart and Benjamin Cabé celebrating 10 years of the Zephyr Project.
And no, it's not my favourite just 'cos I got to sit down for a bit.
Moving on - with great relief - from videos and back to the good ol' written word, have a look at this *excellent* 3D-printed mini arcade cabinet.
With its 6" CRT display. Yup, a scale-appropriate cathode-ray tube. Want.
#Technology #News #Hackster #Makers #3DPrinting #Retro #Games #Arcade
And to close the week, the news that Google has partnered with Back Market to put ChromeOS Flex installers on USB sticks for just $3, with video instructions on installing it on end-of-life laptops.
Well, some end-of-life laptops - check the support list before ordering (or just install something with broader support in the first place, like Debian or Arch, btw.)
Is that all available via the #GeminiProtocol ad- and tracker-free? Why yes; yes, it is.
Even the Embedded World thing. I only brought one picture across, but all the links - including to the videos - are present and correct.
A field report from Embedded World 2026:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202604/20260403-ew.gmi
A tiny arcade cab with CRT display:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202604/20260403-capcom.gmi
ChromeOS Flex USB:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202604/20260403-flex.gmi
Gareth Halfacree
