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Last updated 2026-08-15 12:32 UTC

  • My Experience at the InfiMaker K1 5-Axis CNC Launch Event Hackster.io News · 2026-08-14

    These are my thoughts about the InfiMaker K1 5-axis desktop CNC mill after attending the launch event.

  • Humanoid Robots, Simplifying Embedded System Design, Photonic IC Development: Embedded Week Insights Embedded.com · 2026-08-14

    Here's a roundup of this week's must-read articles. We'll look into the latest developments on humanoid robots, simplifying embedded system design, photonic IC development, and more. Also, check News Archives - Embedded and Technical Articles Archives - Embedded for the complete list of news and articles from our website. NEWS OpenLight and Tower Accelerate Photonic IC Development The expanded [.…

  • Build Your Own 6-DoF Spatial Stylus for $155 Hackster.io News · 2026-08-14

    Aalto University’s $155 open source 6-DoF stylus makes high-precision spatial tracking accessible to makers and labs everywhere.

  • The .Beat Goes On Hackster.io News · 2026-08-14

    In 1998, Swatch tried replacing time zones with "Internet Time" — and one maker just built a clock to keep the failed idea alive.

  • These 3D-Printed "Microflier" Drones Are Powered, and Controlled, By Sound Alone Hackster.io News · 2026-08-14

    Researchers harness resonance to build rocket- and helicopter-like flying drones, and small boats, driven solely by sound.

  • Altera Expands DDR5 and LPDDR5 Support Across Agilex FPGAs Embedded.com · 2026-08-14

    Altera Corp. has expanded memory support across its Agilex FPGA portfolio with Quartus Prime Pro Edition Software version 26.1.1. The release adds DDR5, LPDDR5, and LPDDR5X-compatible memory capabilities to additional Agilex devices, giving developers greater flexibility when optimizing system bandwidth, power consumption, PCB space, and component availability. For Agilex 7 M-Series devices, the …

  • Redesigning Fiber Optics From the Inside Out Hackster.io News · 2026-08-14

    Researchers created a ribbon-like flat optical fiber that detects pressure with up to 1,000x the sensitivity of round fibers.

  • Attracted to Energy Efficiency? Nanomagnetic Breakthrough Could Deliver Greener Computing Hackster.io News · 2026-08-14

    Tiny magnets, thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand, could one day do our computation for us.

  • Adafruit Takes a Deep Breath, Releases a Sensirion SCD43-Powered STEMMA QT CO₂ Sensor Board Hackster.io News · 2026-08-14

    Photoacoustic sensor delivers a claimed ±30 parts per million plus three percent accuracy over a range of 400–5,000 PPM of CO₂.

  • “AGI Meets the Real World—Toward Reasoning, Planning and Acting Beyond Book Intelligence,” a Presentation from Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and Carnegie Mellon University Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-14

    Eric Xing, President and Professor at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and Carnegie Mellon University presents “AGI Meets the Real World—Toward Reasoning, Planning and Acting Beyond Book Intelligence” at the May 2026 Embedded Vision Summit. LLMs like OpenAI’s GPTs have fascinated the public with their astounding capabilities on… “AGI Meets the Real World—Toward […] The post…

  • In-Cabin Image Quality Testing Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-14

    This blog post was originally published at Image Engineering’s website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Image Engineering. As the automotive industry continues its path toward full automation, one area of focus has become the in-cabin monitoring systems, often referred to as driver and occupant monitoring systems (DMS/OMS). These systems use cameras and sensors […] The post In-Cabin I…

  • Perforated AI Releases Enhanced ResNet-18 Model on Hugging Face Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-13

    Perforated AI has released an enhanced version of ResNet-18 designed to approach the accuracy of larger vision models without imposing a comparable increase in model size or computational cost. The pretrained model is now available for evaluation and transfer learning on Hugging Face. The company’s technology adds artificial dendrites—additional computational structures inspired by biological neu…

  • BrainChip Partners With Orama.AOI For AI-Fueled Defect Detection Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-13

    Assessing tire defects is another use case in the market for neuromorphic AI chip solutions LAGUNA HILLS, CA, UNITED STATES, August 13, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — A global leader in ultra-low power, fully digital, event-based neuromorphic AI, today announced a partnership with Atlanta-based Orama.AOI, which has retrained and optimized BrainChip’s Akida models using its industrial inspection […] Th…

  • Upcoming Webinar on AR, VR, and MR from SPIE Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-13

    On September 10, 2026 at 9:00 am PT (12:00 ET), SPIE will present the webinar “SPIE AR, VR, MR monthly Fireside Chat with FlexEnable.” Here’s the description, from the event registration page: Each month, hosts Bernard Kress from Google, Christophe Peroz from Google Zurich, and Grace Lee from Mojo Vision interview key leaders to explore […] The post Upcoming Webinar on AR, VR, and MR from SPIE ap…

  • Your Old Wii Remote Can Now Control Your Smart Home Hackster.io News · 2026-08-13

    Turn your old Wii Remote into a smart home controller with OpenMote, an open source, ESP32-powered drop-in replacement board.

  • Humanoid Robots Need a Real-Time, Distributed Nervous System Embedded.com · 2026-08-13

    The emulation of the numerous types of movement produced by the human body in humanoid robots is arguably among the most complex challenges at the forefront of modern engineering. Designing robots to tackle everyday tasks such as assembly on a production line or cooking in a kitchen demands the coordination of multiple sub-tasks. The automation [...] The post Humanoid Robots Need a Real-Time, Dis…

  • The $50 DIY Sonos Killer Hackster.io News · 2026-08-13

    Build your own multi-room audio system for under $50 with an ESP32, open source tech, and a custom 3D-printed case.

  • Jordan Matelsky Has Been Making Holograms — WIth Upcycled CD Cases and a Pen Plotter Hackster.io News · 2026-08-13

    A 2D plotter delivers 3D holograms, etching a programmatic interference pattern into the surface of old CD jewel cases.

  • Flipper Devices' Pavel Zhovner Details Flipper OS, the Modular Platform Driving the Flipper One Hackster.io News · 2026-08-13

    Built as a set of tools atop a Linux base, the Flipper OS stack promises to do away with project-hopping leading to a "trash system."

  • OpenLight and Tower Accelerate Photonic IC Development Embedded.com · 2026-08-13

    OpenLight and Tower Semiconductor Ltd. have expanded the design ecosystem for Tower's PH18DA indium phosphide (InP)-on-silicon photonics platform. OpenLight's photonic process design kit (PDK) is now available within Cadence Design Systems' electronic design automation (EDA) tools, enabling developers to design photonic integrated circuits (PICs) using an established IC design environment. The PD…

  • WCH Electronics' CH32V407 Packs Vector Extensions for a Speed Boost — Plus Optional PSRAM Hackster.io News · 2026-08-13

    200MHz RISC-V part includes the optional vector extensions for improved performance in ML and DSP tasks, and up to 8MB of external PSRAM.

  • Google Launches Its First In-House Tracking Tag — With Bluetooth 6.0 Channel Sounding Hackster.io News · 2026-08-13

    Bluetooth's latest ranging feature comes to the mainstream as Google joins Apple in offering first-party location-tracking item finder tags.

  • “Self-Compression for Edge Inference,” a Presentation from Imagination Technologies Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-13

    James Imber, Director of Research at Imagination Technologies presents “Self-Compression for Edge Inference” at the May 2026 Embedded Vision Summit. Self-compression is a quantization-aware training technique to reduce neural network size and optimize performance for edge inference. By learning optimal bit depths for weights and activations during training, self-compression achieves… “Self-Compre…

  • Why Model Zoos Fall Short in Production AI Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-13

    This blog post was originally published at ModelCat’s website. It is reprinted here with the permission of ModelCat. Artificial intelligence has advanced rapidly over the past decade, fueled in large part by the availability of pre-trained models and shared research. One of the most visible outcomes of this progress is the rise of the “model zoo”—collections […] The post Why Model Zoos Fall Short…

  • Sweet Freedom! Hackster.io News · 2026-08-12

    A maker reverse engineered an automated cotton candy machine to break free from factory restrictions.

  • TI Unveils CAN XL Transceiver Embedded.com · 2026-08-12

    Texas Instruments (TI) has claimed the industry's first commercially-available controller area network (CAN) extended data-field length (XL) transceiver for industrial systems including humanoid robots, industrial robots, and HMI systems that require more data at faster speeds. The TCAN6062 CAN XL transceiver supports payloads up to 2,048 bytes per frame and data rates as high as [...] The post T…

  • The First Official ESPHome Starter Kit Launches Today Hackster.io News · 2026-08-12

    The first official ESPHome starter kit launches today for $40, letting you build custom smart home devices without soldering or coding.

  • Microchip Upgrades PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge Embedded.com · 2026-08-12

    Microchip Technology Inc. has introduced Revision 2.0 PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge for Ethernet-based AI inferencing at the edge. The smaller, production-ready board for standardized sensor integration, leveraging Nvidia Holoscan Sensor Bridge (HSB) technology, supports twice the number of cameras and offers a lower price point than the first generation. Thanks to the power efficiency, s…

  • “Introduction to Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: From Block Diagrams to Real Systems,” a Presentation from eInfochips (an Arrow company) Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-12

    Amit Gupta, Associate Director–Solution Architecture and Head of Robotics CoE at eInfochips (an Arrow company) presents “Introduction to Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: From Block Diagrams to Real Systems” at the May 2026 Embedded Vision Summit. Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is the core capability that allows robots and autonomous systems… “Introduction to Simultaneous Local…

  • Physical AI: Bridging Silicon, Software, and the Real World Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-12

    This blog post was originally published at Synopsys’s website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Synopsys. AI is quickly emerging from its digital confines as something new: physical AI. This evolving incarnation pushes beyond the realm of information — code, text, images, video — and enables machines to sense, decide, and act in the […] The post Physical AI: Bridging Silicon, Software,…

  • Nordic nRF9151 Enables Cellular and Satellite IoT Devices Embedded.com · 2026-08-11

    Nordic Semiconductor is simplifying the development of IoT devices that require connectivity across both terrestrial cellular and satellite networks. LooUQ's MTC2-N9151 embedded modem has received Skylo non-terrestrial network (NTN) certification, building on the certification of Nordic's nRF9151 cellular IoT module. This enables developers to use a pre-certified hardware foundation for products …

  • Microchip Advances Edge AI Sensor Connectivity with Rev 2.0 PolarFire® FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-11

    h3>Smaller, multi-camera platform enables scalable Ethernet architectures for NVIDIA Edge AI systems while lowering power, cost and integration complexity CHANDLER, Ariz., August 11, 2026 — The shift toward compact, high‑performance edge AI systems is redefining sensor connectivity, pushing developers to deliver power‑ and space‑efficient architectures that remain secure, scalable and future‑read…

  • Simplifying Embedded System Design with a Modern Software Ecosystem Embedded.com · 2026-08-11

    ADI details how an open, modular software ecosystem, using its CodeFusion Studio, can reduce development effort in embedded system design. The post Simplifying Embedded System Design with a Modern Software Ecosystem appeared first on Embedded .

  • “Understanding Transformers: From LLMs to Context-Aware Multimodal Models,” a Presentation from Synopsys Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-11

    Tom Michiels, System Architect at Synopsys presents “Understanding Transformers: From LLMs to Context-Aware Multimodal Models” at the May 2026 Embedded Vision Summit. Transformers have become the foundation of modern AI, reshaping how products are built and how businesses operate. In this talk Michiels explains why transformers replaced earlier models, what… “Understanding Transformers: From LLMs…

  • Your NPU Learned to Listen Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-11

    Whisper runs end-to-end on Chimera. Encoder and decoder compiled as native GPNPU kernels, INT4 weights, FP16 attention, top-1 token match against the float32 reference. Scales to four cores with a flag, no recompile. This blog post was originally published at Quadric’s website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Quadric. I ran a […] The post Your NPU Learned to Listen appeared first on E…

  • Silicon Motion Unveils PerformaShape Technology for AI SSDs Embedded.com · 2026-08-11

    Silicon Motion Technology Corp. has introduced its MonTitan SSD reference design kit (RDK), incorporating the company's next-generation PerformaShape technology. Presented at FMS2026, the platform is designed for agentic AI infrastructure, where enterprise SSDs are increasingly required to operate as a persistent memory tier for applications such as key-value (KV) cache offload. The solution targ…

  • NVIDIA Alpamayo 2 Super, the Frontier Open Model for Robotaxis and Autonomous Vehicles, Now Available for Commercial Use Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-10

    Open commercial licensing, benchmark‑leading reasoning and inspectable decisions bring autonomous vehicles, including robotaxis, closer to production and widescale deployment. This news blog was originally published at NVIDIA’ website. It is reprinted here with the permission of NVIDIA. For robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles (AVs), the hardest problems aren’t the everyday scenarios. They’re …

  • “Exploring Radar SLAM: Advancing Localization and Mapping for Automotive, Robotics and Beyond,” a Presentation from Cadence Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-10

    Amit Kumar, Director of Product Management and Marketing at Cadence and Amit Sulakhe, Director in the Vision Group at Cadence Pune present “Exploring Radar SLAM: Advancing Localization and Mapping for Automotive, Robotics and Beyond” at the May 2026 Embedded Vision Summit. Reliable localization and mapping are foundational for autonomous vehicles… “Exploring Radar SLAM: Advancing Localization […]…

  • The Edge LLM Offload Story: How Synaptics Torq™ Enables High-Efficiency Gemma™ Inference Edge AI and Vision Alliance · 2026-08-10

    This blog post was originally published at Synaptics’ website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Synaptics. Developers and system architects today face a growing demand to enable large language model variants on device. They are facing pressure to support transformer-capable models on constrained devices to ensure data privacy, eliminate cloud API charges, and provide […] The post The E…

  • HBM, Agentic AI Platform for PCB Design, Ku-Band RFoF Transmitter: Embedded Week Insights Embedded.com · 2026-08-07

    Here's a roundup of this week's must-read articles. We'll look into the latest developments in high-bandwidth memory, Cadence's agentic AI platform for PCB Design, and a Ku-Band RFoF transmitter. Also, check News Archives - Embedded and Technical Articles Archives - Embedded for the complete list of news and articles from our website. NEWS Partnership Delivers AI-Powered Design to Engineers [...]…

  • DC BLOX lands $850M green loan for Southeast hyperscale data center expansion Edge Industry Review · 2026-05-28

    Data center and fiber network solutions provider DC BLOX has obtained a new green Senior Secured Credit Facilities loan for $850 million, up from the original $265 million. The financing will support the company's development of hyperscale data centers throughout the southeastern U.S. The additional capital will also support existing and future projects, including those already pre-leased. “Our b…

  • Edgecore targets telecoms and MSPs with Praxis edge AI platform Edge Industry Review · 2026-05-27

    Edgecore Networks unveiled its Praxis edge AI services platform for AI service providers at this year’s MWC. Praxis is built for managed service providers, Internet service providers and AI-driven SaaS and VaaS products. The platform supports its five hardware configurations through Synaptics Incorporated and Qualcomm Incorporated from 1 to 70 TOPS. "AI is moving to the edge, and the companies th…

  • Armada raises $230M at $2B valuation, lands Johnson Controls deal to scale U.S. AI infrastructure Edge Industry Review · 2026-05-26

    Edge AI infrastructure solutions provider Armada announced a 500+ job deal with Johnson Controls to construct modular data centres at a new plant in Arizona. Armada raised $230M in an oversubscribed Series B round, valuing the company at $2B. The funds will expedite deployment of the U.S. AI stack while meeting growing demand from customers across various industries. "The AI race will not be won …

  • Structure Research says AI growth is driving a data center sustainability shift Edge Industry Review · 2026-05-25

    Structure Research , an independent digital infrastructure research and consulting firm published its 2026 State of Environmental Impact Report . The report tracks developments from 2020-2025 with metrics such as carbon emissions, energy consumption, renewable energy use, and water consumption from reported environmental data from 38 data center providers and nine hyperscale cloud platforms. In 2…

  • Blackstone and Google launch $5B TPU cloud venture with 500MW of AI capacity Edge Industry Review · 2026-05-25

    Blackstone and Google are forming a joint venture to create a new TPU cloud company. Google Cloud said it will provide data center capacity and operations, networking, and access to the Google Cloud Tensor Processing Units ( TPUs ). Alternative asset manager Blackstone plans to kickstart the new business with a $5 billion investment that will add 500 MW of capacity in 2027. “This joint venture wi…

  • Webinar: Rise of the Neocloud and Future of AI Infrastructure Edge Industry Review · 2026-05-22

    Webinar: Rise of the Neocloud and Future of AI Infrastructure Thursday May 28, 2026 | 10am PT / 1pm ET Join Structure Research for an update, analysis and discussion about the emerging Neocloud infrastructure services market. We will trace the neocloud sector's short history and draw parallels with first generation cloud and the rise of hyperscale. This session features proprietary marketshare da…

  • Red Hat targets sovereign AI cloud market with new private cloud push Edge Industry Review · 2026-05-22

    Red Hat announced expanded capabilities for sovereign and private clouds, empowering organizations with greater data and technology control. New features include simplified compliance, production-ready landing zones, and rapid deployment of AI and cloud services. Building on-premises telemetry for data sovereignty and localized software delivery for regional resilience, Red Hat are rolling out a …

  • Iceotope raises $26M to tackle AI infrastructure’s thermal and power density bottleneck Edge Industry Review · 2026-05-21

    Iceotope , a provider of liquid cooling solutions, raised $26 million in a Series B funding round. Proceeds will be utilized to advance product development, broadening of the patent portfolio, and accelerate partnerships. The round, one of the largest ever for cooling technologies, was co-led by Two Seas Capital and Barclays Climate Ventures to reinforce interest in climate-smart solutions. "Secu…

  • IREN lands $3.4B NVIDIA AI cloud deal as neocloud battle intensifies Edge Industry Review · 2026-05-20

    IREN , a vertically integrated AI cloud provider has signed a five-year AI infrastructure cloud services contract with NVIDIA . The contract is valued at approximately $3.4 billion and IREN will provide NVIDIA with managed GPU cloud services for AI and research workloads, including orchestration and cluster management software in collaboration with Mirantis . The services will utilize air-cooled …

  • Australian neocloud Sharon AI secures $950M AI infrastructure deal amid sovereign AI boom Edge Industry Review · 2026-05-19

    Sharon AI , an Australian neocloud company, announced a five-year cloud computing infrastructure agreement. The deal is worth approximately US$950 million with a global technology company that has significant Asia-Pacific presence. Sharon AI will achieve cloud solution deployment in Australia at NEXTDC data centers, returning revenue starting late 2026. “We are thrilled to continue to expand our …

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