Raspberry Pi

Botkins, a charity robotics project, is building a telepresence tool that lets people bedridden by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Long Covid take part in social life again. The device, built with FPV and Raspberry Pi technology, allows users to remotely attend gatherings and stay connected. Supporters highlight it as an empowerment tool for the millions missing from public life due to these disabling illnesses.

A developer has released TinyWorldFormer, a compact world model small enough to run interactive game-like simulations directly on a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W microcontroller. The open-source project demonstrates that generative world models can operate on hardware with minimal memory and processing power, rather than GPUs or cloud servers. Hacker News readers are discussing the technical achievement and its implications for low-cost embedded AI.

A new open source hardware UEXT module brings 100MB wired Ethernet to Raspberry Pi Pico, Pico 2 and ESP32 boards that lack built-in Ethernet. The add-on gives makers and embedded developers a low-cost way to add reliable wired networking to small microcontroller projects, and Adafruit has highlighted the release for the hobbyist community.

An electronics enthusiast has started learning microcontroller programming as a new hobby, buying a Raspberry Pi Pico 2W and a Pi Debug Probe to study C and basic electronic engineering. They describe the combination as ideal for hands-on, creative learning, and note they are working through beginner projects while building both coding and hardware skills at the same time.