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Speaking of the #RaspberryPi CM5, there's a new carrier board coming out - an open-hardware design which adapts it into a mini-ITX form factor complete with x16 (mechanical, it's still one-lane) PCI Express slot.

Back to #science again next with the "Speech-to-Reality" system, a chain of machine learning models - including, yes, #LLMs - which attempt to turn spoken instructions into physical objects built from standardised parts.

A Replicator. They've built a #StarTrek Replicator. Kind of.

https://www.hackster.io/news/this-speech-to-reality-system-is-the-closest-you-can-get-to-a-working-star-trek-replicator-2de499111a1d

#Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #News #Hackster

Exciting news for Sinclair ZX81 owners with the launch of the OpenSpand, an open-hardware expansion cartridge which adds loads of memory, high-res graphics, SD Card storage, AY-chip and sampled audio, a joystick port, and even a fixed composite video output compatible with modern displays.

https://www.hackster.io/news/openspand-is-a-feature-packed-expansion-board-for-your-sinclair-zx81-timex-sinclair-1000-or-clone-e2374758cc9d

#VintageComputing #OpenHardware #Technology #RetroComputing #News #Hackster

More #LLM news, but even I can't get mad at the idea they could help with accessibility (although there's the slight problem that you can't trust their output, which kinda pours cold water on this whole project): A11yShape, which uses an LLM to allow blind and visually-impaired developers to iterate on #OpenSCAD 3D models.

https://www.hackster.io/news/a11yshape-brings-llms-to-bear-on-assisting-blind-visually-impaired-developers-with-3d-modeling-230125e95e60

#Technology #Accessibility #ArtificialIntelligence #News #Hackster

And finally, assuming the one waiting in the wings doesn't appear sharpish-like, more work on the rePalm project from Dmitry Grinberg as he ports Palm OS 5 to the Fisher-Price Pixter family of turn-of-the-century kids' toys.

I miss my Palm T|X. Lovely thing, that was.

https://www.hackster.io/news/dmitry-grinberg-brings-palm-os-5-to-the-fisher-price-pixter-family-c53d56560b22

#VintageComputing #RetroComputing #PDA #Technology #News #Hackster

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