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The real reason router lights keep blinking and what each pattern quietly signals at home

Router lights blink to show real-time data activity, not just problems. Different speeds and colors indicate startup, active ...
CNX Software

ESP32-S3 boards feature WAGO connectors for LED strips, buttons, other swappable modules

Rev Adrian Kennard (RevK) has designed several open-source hardware ESP32-S3 WiFi and Bluetooth IoT boards with WAGO ...
Hackaday

Mod This IKEA Lamp Into Smart Lighting For Not A Lot

The IKEA SKAFTSÄRV is an economical LED accent lamp, but while highly affordable it has only fixed lighting options.
Mashable

It's time to stop saying 'unsolicited dick pics.' Here's why.

The moment Tara Jane O'Reilly sat down on the tube at Baker Street station, a photo of a penis was Airdropped to her phone. As the only woman sitting in a packed carriage at 10 p.m., O'Reilly says she ...
Hackaday

Building Festival Badges That Sync Themselves Up

Lots of music events these days hand out various glowing tchotchkes that flash and sync up with the performance. [Tony ...
CNX Software

Anthropic’s open-source Claude Desktop Buddy turns ESP32-S3 devices into interactive AI desk companions

Anthropic has opened its Claude Hardware Interface (Bluetooth API) to developers, enabling an ESP32-S3-based desk companion to connect directly to the Claude desktop app over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE ...