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Hackers attacked Loxone: what leaked and what is safe
Austrian smart home manufacturer Loxone has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. What leaked, what wasn’t affected, and why a PHP vulnerability has nothing to do with it.
Krabix.cz: design a 3D-printable enclosure right in your browser in a few clicks
Krabix.cz is a Czech web-based enclosure configurator for 3D printing. It offers templates for Arduino, ESP32, and Raspberry Pi, STL and 3MF export, and is free to use without registration.
Layerling: Browser-based 3D CAD like Tinkercad, but with fillets and threads
Free 3D CAD right in your browser, with no account or installation. Controls you’ll recognize from Tinkercad, plus fillets, thread generation, and STEP export.
Starlink and stealth aircraft: what passive radar can and can’t do
They say Starlink has ended the era of stealth aircraft. I explain how passive radar works, why stealth isn’t enough against it, and why this still isn’t the end of…
Three web tools from chiptron.cz: serial monitor, ESP32 firmware flasher, and number base converter
Three web tools on chiptron.cz: a web Serial Monitor with a plotter, an ESP32 flasher with safety checks, and a number base converter.
What printers is Bambu Lab planning? FCC filings and Chinese patents will give hints.
Certification of new products from Bambu Lab. When will we see the new printers? It might only be a matter of days. And what should they be capable of?
Native Linux on ESP32-S3 – No Emulation, Directly with 9.7″ E-Paper
Linux 6.11 runs directly on the Xtensa core of the ESP32-S3 without emulation. After login, the shell mirrors to the 9.7″ ED097TC2 e-paper display.
A tinkerer set up an AI assistant at home and ordered pizza through it.
When people hear “home AI assistant,” most picture either a smart speaker that answers a weather query with an ad, or a sci-fi home where the fridge negotiates with the…
Modos Paper Monitor: Open-hardware E-ink with 75 Hz refresh rate
Why is e-paper still so slow E-paper has traits a regular monitor can’t match. No flicker, no glare in your eyes, the image stays after power is cut, it’s readable…
