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Electromaker of the Month Winners, Maker Music Festival, and more!

The Electromaker Show · 10 Mar 2022 · 33m · Episode 74

What this episode covers

The host of The Electromaker Show reviews the February Electromaker of the Month winners, including a LoRa walkie-talkie by Kutlahan Akta, and celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Raspberry Pi. He discusses a faithful Sol-20 retro computer recreation using a Raspberry Pi, reviews the Blues Wireless Notecard for cellular IoT, and highlights a Cornell University project for silent voice command recognition via lip reading.

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makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Crowd Supply, Lime Micro, Cornell University, Electromaker
Products
Raspberry Pi, Blues Wireless Notecard, LimeSDR Mini 2.0, Loko, DirtyWave M8, Sol-20, Arduino Nano BLE Sense, Thingy:91
Chips
Nordic nRF52840
Tools
Unity3d

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