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All of that is, of course, also available via the lightweight #GeminiProtocol.
Tiny Tapeout's second demoscene contest:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260327-tt.gmi
Home Assistant's new backup encryption:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260327-ha.gmi
and the Oskitone Space Dice synth-slash-dice-roller:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260327-dice.gmi
And the week ends with the latest design from @oskitone: the Space Dice, a 3D-printable microcontroller-free synth... that specialises in sci-fi laser pew-pew noises. And is also a digital D6 dice-roller, because why not?
#Technology #News #Hackster #Synth #Music #3DPrinting #OpenHardware
Then some good news for #HomeAssistant users: 2026.4, coming out on the 1st of April, offers much improved security for backups - independently-audited, to boot.
Final #Hackster round-up of the week, and today's three starts with the news from @matthewvenn that Tiny Tapeout is running another demoscene-inspired contest - and you can get a free tile for your entry!
(You don't get a chip for that, tho' - you'll have to pay for the devkit to actually get your hands on your creation, along with everyone else's on the multi-project die.)
#Technology #News #Hackster #OpenHardware #OpenSilicon #Demoscene
You can read all three stories ad- and tracker-free via the #GeminiProtocol, too:
The Brax open_slate crowdfunder:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260326-slate.gmi
Verilog to Factorio compiler:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260326-factorio.gmi
Wrist-worn ultrasound gesture-tracker:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260326-gesture.gmi
And today ends on a little bit of #science, as researchers show off a wrist-based wearable which uses ultrasound to monitor the movement of tendons and muscles to deliver high-accuracy gesture detection for VR, AR, and robotics use-cases.
It's #Hackster round-up time again, and I'm starting with another #crowdfunding campaign - this time for the modular Brax open_slate, which can run de-Googled Android or a mainstream Linux.
I covered the unveiling back in January, but the campaign is now live - complete with a price hike, thanks, of course, to the AI bubble.
If you want to read those free from ads and tracking, you can do so via the #GeminiProtocol in a compatible browser like Lagrange:
https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/
SATURNIX 3D-printable pocket camera with in-body film simulation:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260325-sat.gmi
Canute Scientific Braille laptop-slash-display:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260325-braille.gmi
PINE64's new PineTime Pro:
gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202603/20260325-pine.gmi
And finally, a bit of a mixed bag from PINE64.
The good: there's a new PineTime in the works, the PineTime Pro - with battery-saving improvements, new features, and a shiny AMOLED display!
The bad: PINE64's suffering, like everyone else, from the AI bubble's insatiable hunger for RAM, so production of all the non-wearable stuff like phones and tablets has been halted. What's in the store now is it, folks!
