AI Powered Coffee Maker Knows A Bit Too Much About You

Espresso maker with added nixie flair

People keep warning that Skynet and the great robot uprising is not that far away, what with all this recent AI and machine-learning malarky getting all the attention lately. But …read more Continue reading AI Powered Coffee Maker Knows A Bit Too Much About You

AI Powered Coffee Maker Knows A Bit Too Much About You

Espresso maker with added nixie flair

People keep warning that Skynet and the great robot uprising is not that far away, what with all this recent AI and machine-learning malarky getting all the attention lately. But …read more Continue reading AI Powered Coffee Maker Knows A Bit Too Much About You

A Raspberry Pi-Packing Cassette Powers This ZX Spectrum Emulator

A retro, cylindrical monitor next to what appears to be a cassette tape with a USB cable plugged into it.

Sometimes we are vaguely aware of the inexorable march of technological progress. Other times it thrums steadily under the surface while we go about our lives. And sometimes, just sometimes, …read more Continue reading A Raspberry Pi-Packing Cassette Powers This ZX Spectrum Emulator

Chess Computer Retires to Play Jazz

Years ago, [Leo Neumann]’s girlfriend gave him a 1970s chess computer game that was missing almost everything but the super cool clicky keyboard. Noting the similarity of chess move labeling to chord notation, [Leo] decided to turn it into something even nerdier — a jazz chord game where you jam …read more

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