Summer’s in full swing, and this week both Elliot and Dan had to sweat things out to get the podcast recorded. But the hacks were cool — see what I …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/hackaday-podcast-228-bats-eggs-lasers-duck-tape-and-assembly-language/)

Ask Hackaday: What’s Linux Anyway?
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/ask-hackaday-whats-linux-anyway/

Any time we mention Linux, it is a fair bet we will get a few comments from people unhappy that we didn’t refer to it as GNU/Linux or with some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/ask-hackaday-whats-linux-anyway/)

Sand Drawing Plotter Runs on ESP32
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/sand-drawing-plotter-runs-on-esp32/

Humans have always drawn lines in the sand, whether it’s to communicate a plan of attack or to indicate metaphorically a very real boundary. It’s also something we do just …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/sand-drawing-plotter-runs-on-esp32/)

AI Learns To Walk in 3D Training Grounds
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/ai-learns-to-walk-in-3d-training-grounds/

AI agents are learning to do all kinds of interesting jobs, even the creative ones that we quite prefer handling ourselves. Nevertheless, technology marches on. Working in this area is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/ai-learns-to-walk-in-3d-training-grounds/)

RoboPianist is a Simulation For Advancing Robotic Control
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/robopianist-is-a-simulation-for-advancing-robotic-control/

Researchers at Google have posed themselves an interesting problem to solve: mastering the piano. However, they’re not trying to teach themselves, but a pair of simulated anthropomorphic robotic hands instead. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/robopianist-is-a-simulation-for-advancing-robotic-control/)

When Is Open Source AI Not Open Source AI?
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/when-is-open-source-ai-not-open-source-ai/

The world of AI is abuzz, or at least parts of it are, at the news of Meta’s release of Llama 2. This is an AI text model which is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/when-is-open-source-ai-not-open-source-ai/)

Restored Amiga 500 is Blue – and Glows in the Dark
https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/restored-amiga-500-is-blue-and-glows-in-the-dark/

Few things are as satisfying to watch as a good retrocomputer restoration project – we’re always happy to see someone bring a rusty old Commodore, Apple or Atari back to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/07/21/restored-amiga-500-is-blue-and-glows-in-the-dark/)