Turning That Old Hoverboard Into A Learning Platform

[Isabelle Simova] is building Hoverbot, a flexible robotics platform using Ikea plastic trays, JavaScript running on a Raspberry Pi and parts scavenged from commonly available hoverboards.

Self-balancing scooters a.k.a. Hoverboards are a great source of parts for such a project. Their high torque, direct drive brushless motors can drive loads of 100 kg or more. In addition, you also get a matching motor controller board, a rechargeable battery and its charging circuit. Most hoverboard controllers use the STM32F103, so flashing them with your own firmware becomes easy using a ST-link V2 programmer.

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Nest, Node.js, & F.Secure – Application Security Weekly #

In the news, the entire Nest ecosystem of smart home devices goes offline, how Alphabet plans to keep hackers away from this year’s election, the Node.js Ecosystem is chaotic and insecure, open-source vulnerabilities plague enterprise codebase sy… Continue reading Nest, Node.js, & F.Secure – Application Security Weekly #

Simple bug could lead to RCE flaw on apps built with Electron Framework

A critical remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the popular Electron web application framework that could allow attackers to execute malicious code on victims’ computers.

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