Hardware Podcasts

Ep009: On the Edge of AI, Comment Your Code, Big Big Wheels, and Makers of Munich

Hackaday Podcast · 8 Mar 2019 · 52m

What this episode covers

Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams discuss new AI-on-the-edge hardware from BeagleBone and Google, the reverse engineering of a keytar firmware, and a critical analysis of Tesla's self-driving safety data. They also cover a custom smart lamp build, flexible PCB contests, and Elliot provides an audio tour of the Make Munich maker fair.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
BeagleBone, Google, Tesla, NHTSA
Products
Raspberry Pi, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Ion Smart Lamp
Chips
ESP32
Tools
IDA, 7-zip

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