Cytron releases Edu Pico, an educational innovation project kit for makers and learners By Les Pounder published 14 March 24 Cytron unveils another Raspberry Pi Pico centric board aimed at learners keen to take their first steps with the Raspberry Pi Pico W and CircuitPython
Raspberry Pi Pico Paper Piano Uses Pencil Drawn Keys By Ash Hill published 27 July 23 Cytron has published a tutorial on how to create a Raspberry Pi Pico-powered piano using a piece of paper and pencil-drawn keys for input.
TSMC Motorcycle Bomber Gets Nine Years in Prison By Mark Tyson published 28 September 23 A court had found a man guilty of making explosives with criminal intent after a bomb went off at TSMC Fab 12 last year.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em: Hacker gains root access using cigarette lighter By Christopher Harper published 9 October 24 Hardware hacker and blogger David Buchanan investigates the use of a common lighter to secure Electromagnetic Fault Injection.
Software dev fortifies his blog with 'zip bombs' — attacking bots meet their end with explosive data package By Jowi Morales published 30 April 25 This developer sends zip bombs to pesky web crawlers that attempt to compromise his website.
Robot Steals RAM Data by Freezing Chips in Chilling Cybersecurity Demo By Ash Hill published 9 June 23 Cybersecurity researcher Ang Cui demonstrates a new robot he’s created that automates the process of stealing data from RAM by freezing chips.
U.S. DARPA responds to China's gallium export controls: awards Raytheon three-year contract to develop new types of transistors By Anton Shilov published 10 October 24 Raytheon to develop diamond and aluminum nitride semiconductors in response to China's gallium export controls.
Raspberry Pi Turns Truck into Giant Dot Matrix Printer By Ash Hill published 21 June 23 Ryder Damen is using a Raspberry Pi to print custom messages on the road with water while driving around.
MIT researchers make progress on 3D-printed electronics, using semiconductor-free logic gates By Christopher Harper published 21 October 24 MIT researchers attempt to make electronics without semiconductors, and succeed in some ways.
Tiny Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck Required Maker to Break Out a Drill By Les Pounder published 14 August 23 Mike Horne's tiny Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W cyberdeck is enclosed in a tiny aluminum case.
Custom Raspberry Pi Carrier Board 'SaraKit' Powers LEGO RC Car By Ash Hill published 22 August 23 Artur Majtczak and Maciek Matuszewski are using their Raspberry Pi CM4 carrier board SaraKIT, to control this awesome LEGO RC Car.
This Raspberry Pi Pico Euclidean Drum Machine Rocks the House By Ash Hill published 8 August 23 Agustin Bacigalup is using a Pico to power his Euclidean drum machine project known as Euclid-16.
Adafruit's Fruit Jam is a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 powered, credit card sized computer By Ash Hill published 5 February 25 Adafruit released a blog post detailing plans to create a new PCB called Fruit Jam inspired by the Raspberry Pi Pico Ichigo Jam upgrade.
Dual Raspberry Pi Pico W Power RC Car and Controller By Ash Hill published 14 September 23 Paulsb is using two Raspberry Picos in this custom RC car project that features both a car and controller built from scratch.
Cerabyte Ceramic Storage Poised to Usher in 'Yottabyte Era' By Mark Tyson published 8 September 23 Startup Cerabyte has Yottabyte sized plans for the storage industry using disruptive ceramic nano technology for TB/cm2 densities.
This Raspberry Pi Confetti Bot is Ready to Party By Ash Hill published 27 September 23 Hazal Mestci is using a Raspberry Pi to trigger a tiny confetti cannon in a customizable project fit for your next party.
Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck Uses Custom RP2040 Keyboard and Mouse PCB By Ash Hill published 20 August 23 Ike T. Sanglay Jr. is using a Raspberry Pi to both power and operate his custom-built cyberdeck project.
Grok 3 used to clone Breakout game — fabled windows developer shares prompts and code By Mark Tyson published 20 February 25 Windows development legend Dave Plummer has shared the prompt and code for a Breakout clone he created in Grok 3.
The Hackberry Pi Zero is a tinker tool for hackers that fits in your pocket By Ash Hill published 7 August 24 Zitao from Zitao Tech is using a Raspberry Pi Zero to power this cool handheld hacker device—the Hackberry Pi Zero.
Criminals Rob Thousands of Dollars From ATMs Using Raspberry Pi By Ash Hill published 5 September 23 Raspberry Pis were found to have been used by three criminals who were robbing ATMs using the popular SBC to thwart security parameters on the machines.
This Raspberry Pi slim cyberdeck uses two Raspberry Pis By Ash Hill published 7 February 25 John3dc uses a Raspberry Pi Zero and a Raspberry Pi Pico to complete this slim, 3D-printed handheld cyberdeck.
TSMC tandem builds exotic new MRAM-based memory with radically lower latency and power consumption By Anton Shilov published 19 January 24 TSMC and ITRI to jointly develop ultra-low-power spin-orbit-torque magnetic random-access memory.
BadRAM attack breaches AMD secure VMs using a Raspberry Pi Pico, DDR socket, and a 9V battery By Mark Tyson published 11 December 24 Researchers have described the BadRAM attack, which is claimed to facilitate the breaching of processor security via rogue memory modules.
Raspberry Pi RP2040 Superior Boy Takes Cybersecurity on the Go By Ash Hill published 29 October 23 Team Superior Tech has created what they call the Superior Boy which relies on our favorite microprocessor, the RP2040.
Intel and TSMC to Report on Next-Gen CFET Transistor Progress By Anton Shilov published 5 October 23 Intel and TSMC to discuss transistors that will replace gate-all-around transistors at IEDM conference.
Hybrid Gain Cell Memory could significantly improve CPU, GPU L2, L3 cache density By Aaron Klotz published 16 October 24 A team of researchers at the University of Stanford has developed a new memory technology utilizing gain cells that combines the best attributes of SRAM and DRAM.
Ukraine Uses ChatGPT and 3D Printing for Drone Bombs By Mark Tyson published 15 August 23 Ukraine's plethora of cottage industry bomb makers turn to 3D printing and ChatGPT to hone their deadly payloads.
Researchers reveal chips that commit 'circuit suicide' — self-destruction and counterfeit protection in one By Christopher Harper published 1 March 24 As part of several anti-hacking measures introduced at ISSCC this year, a University of Vermont team created a self-destructing fingerprinting mechanism for different circuits.
Custom Granular Synth Groc is Raspberry Pi Powered By Ash Hill published 2 November 23 Oddment Audio is working on a Raspberry Pi CM4-compatible granular synthesizer with a custom interface and PCB.
LK-99 Superconductor Crypto Coin Surpasses $3m in Trading in First 24 Hours By Mark Tyson published 5 August 23 A new LK-99 meme coin superconductor bandwagon cryptocurrency token was hugely popular, but its value has already nose-dived.