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Running OpenAI Whisper on a $30 ESP32 AI Pet Robot
Overview Hardware Bill of Materials for a Sub-$30 Build Wiring the I2S Microphone and Audio Output ESP32 Firmware: Capturing and Streaming Audio Setting.
Miko Mini Teardown: Dumping the Claude Haiku System Prompt via ESP32 UART Pin 17
TL;DR: The Miko Mini ships with an ESP32-S3 module whose secondary UART (TX on GPIO17) streams debug telemetry at 921600 baud, including the full Claude.
LEGO Mindstorms Robot Inventor Discontinued What Owners Should Do Next
The 51515 Robot Inventor kit left LEGO’s catalog at the end of 2022, and the Mindstorms brand went with it after 24 years.
Moxie Shutdown Refund Deadline Hits April 2026 Owners Hard
What actually triggered the moxie robot shutdown refund window Embodied Inc., the Pasadena-based company behind the Moxie social robot, told families on.
The Smart Toy Dilemma: Balancing Innovation with Child Privacy and Security
The Double-Edged Sword of Interactive Play: Navigating the New Era of Smart Toys In homes around the world, a quiet revolution is unfolding in the toy.
Smart Toys, Serious Risks: Protecting Children’s Data in the Age of AI
The world of children’s toys is undergoing a seismic shift. Gone are the days of purely analog play; today’s toy chests are increasingly filled with.