#HacksterCafe

merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-12-16

Bump: ~5 hours until #HacksterCafe with Shrouk El-Attar! Tune in for EMG-controlled prostheses, last-mile delivery, #FPGA tech, belly-dancing #robots , and more 🤩

youtube.com/watch?v=PdrDq0Cum8

merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-12-15

* Edit: Unfortunately, had to postpone this! Since it's the end of the year, I jumped on and went through some of the top open-source hardware conferences for 2026. *

This week’s #HacksterCafe guest is Shrouk El-Attar! A UN and BBC honoree, Shrouk runs an #engineering & compliance consultancy for #space tech, #FemTech, and more – and advocates for refugee & LGBTQ+ rights.

Tues Dec. 16, 10:30am PST / 6:30pm UTC:
▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=PdrDq0Cum8
▶️ linkedin.com/events/7406443501

Shrouk stands smiling in a well-lit electronics lab, near a microscope that's zoomed in on a circuit (which is gripped in a StickVise on the table), along with other hardware tools. There are bright colors in Shrouk's shirt, a plant pot, stickers, and the table mat.
merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-11-25

This week’s #HacksterCafe guest is bio-mechatronics builder Arvind SA! He’s won prizes on Hackster.io with his smart air-quality #WearableTech and a shiny Connect Four game, and we’ll delve into his #AssistiveTech projects and clock-tower repair as well. I can’t wait :D

Tuesday Nov. 25, 10:30am Pacific / 6:30pm UTC

Join live & drop questions in the chat:
▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=O0S5Ipz8Wa
▶️ linkedin.com/events/7399039289

Arvind smiles, next to a shiny red-and-green LED Connect Four board.
merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-10-04

Oh, and here's that page with upcoming events (and an overview of the various livestreams I do – #HacksterCafe, #DayGlowShow, #HackOClock, and #SpaceSongSunday): notion.so/alexglow/Live-shows-

merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-10-04

Followed through on the Tuesday livestreams, which will now alternate with my #HacksterCafe interviews :) Here's the first one: youtube.com/live/JluJCiS0DgE

Includes a few demos – Archimedes #CompanionBot upgrades for #MakerFaire (and to use him as my co-host for #HacksterIO Impact Spotlights), #RaspberryPi 500+ (incl live disemboweling), Mind-Altering Gadgets, and more!

// #Robotics #WearableTech #Keyboards #LEDs #Electronics #Maker chaos.social/@alexglow/1152530

Thumbnail with Alex holding up the Pi 500+, a single-board computer built into a keyboard, which is shimmering with programmable LED backlighting. It's a still from my short video announcing the new device.
merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-09-23

TODAY! This Tuesday's #HacksterCafe guest is Jason Kridner of #BeagleBoard. Excited to dig into all the news since our last interview; it’s a privilege to chat with the BeagleBoard.org founder, and always fascinating.

Tues. Sept. 24, 10:30am Pacific on #HacksterIO :
▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=n6VThcNzJU
▶️ linkedin.com/events/7375675155

Video thumbnail featuring Jason, plus the BeagleY-AI board and PocketBeagle 2 (a tiny single-board computer that fits in an Altoids Smalls tin – compared to the original, which fits in a regular-size Altoids package).
merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-09-16

This Tuesday’s #HacksterCafe guest is Cody Walker, and we’re chatting about the Hacker Pager from Exploitee.rs (hackerpager.net), which sold out at #DEFCON this year!

It’s the coolest #Meshtastic device I’ve seen, with a spectrum analyzer and Wireshark integration—plus sweet LED animations. Join us & drop your questions in the chat!

Sept. 16, 10:30am Pacific on #HacksterIO :
▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=HSR0PRhzUW
▶️ linkedin.com/events/7372569997

// #Cybersecurity #Cyberpunk #OpenSource #OSHW

Cody looks out at you from the video thumbnail, accompanied by the Hacker Pager logo (a messy '80s scrawl) and device (a boxy device with lots of black and neon lime green)
merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-08-25

This Tuesday’s #HacksterCafe guest is @clomads of Voidbox Industries (vdbx.io)! She’s launching the PwrTool 500 – a high-capacity power and battery monitor for #HomeAssistant – on @crowdsupply soon. We have lots to dig into, from #OpenSource #SmartHome tech to running a #hardware #SmallBusiness out of a space-age school bus!

Aug. 28, 10:30am Pacific on #HacksterIO :
▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=a_r8MiX0PZ
▶️ linkedin.com/events/7365707803

Thumbnail showing Chloe in a cowboy hat, plus a close-up of the device, overlaid on a diagram of the tech. Also Hackster Café branding, and “with Alex Glow”
merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-08-12

@oshwassociation Got to chat today with Andy Quitmeyer & Paula Te about #Dinacon, on #HacksterCafe! youtube.com/watch?v=MzmGka5clM

Among our topics: digital #naturalism, #CitizenScience, custom glue, DIY dynamos, collaboration with local & nomadic groups at locations around the planet, contextual crafting, and open-source documentation... plus a sweet "BrailleRAP" machine at the end! (That's the thing featured in the thumbnail.) 🤩✨

Andy and Paula peek out over their names and the Café label. Background is an XY plotter machine, stamping raised dots on cardstock and (jammed/torn) banana leaf, with the help of a pointy bit underneath and a domed "anvil" on top, which move in synchrony to produce smooth bumps.
merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-07-29

Open Healthware (an @oshwassociation conference) is free to attend, online or in person, this week on Aug. 1-2!

As a preview, I'm interviewing Herine Palacios and Avinash Baskaran on #HacksterCafe, today (Tuesday) at 10:30am Pacific. We'll talk about the schedule, health tech, art, open #robotics, and more!

Live & recorded, via Hackster.io :
▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=a8zyAhdIU1
▶️ linkedin.com/events/7355695429

// #OpenScience #Healthcare #Biohacking #WearableTech #HacksterIO #OSHWA #OpenHardware

The video thumbnail, featuring the two guests, the Open Healthware conference logo and URL, and Hackster Café branding.
merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-07-15

New #HacksterCafe today! Live at 10:30am Pacific, I interview Maddy Maxey and Jennifer Enriquez of Loomia about their new Smart Skin developer kit, designed for #humanoid #robotics: youtube.com/watch?v=ZXtk3J1GpH

Join the chat live, or catch the replay!

Video thumbnail featuring Jennifer and Maddy, over some photos of Loomia's super-thin, soft, self-adhesive sensors doing cool robot stuff.
merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-06-17

Had a blast interviewing showrunner @helenleigh about #Teardown2025 for this week's #HacksterCafe !! SO MUCH cool #hardware stuff in store – talks, workshops, panels – in Portland, OR this weekend. 🤩

youtube.com/watch?v=gFuNtPMC9K

merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-06-17

Thread for new #HacksterCafe episodes! Alternating Tuesdays at 10:30am Pacific, I interview people doing brilliant things with #electronics for the Hackster.io YouTube/LinkedIn. They're usually livestreamed and ~1hr :D

Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsR

// #HacksterIO #Hardware

merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-05-02

Stoked for this year's @oshwassociation #OpenHardwareSummit – and today's #HacksterCafe stream with Summit Chair @Leeborg & Fellowship Chair Sid Drmay!

Join us live in ~40min, check out the badges, and jump in the chat :D
youtube.com/watch?v=impWSmTUVc

// #OpenSource #Electronics #Hardware

merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-03-18

Today on #HacksterCafe, I'm sitting down with Kwabena Agyeman of #OpenMV! We'll chat about the two new AI-accelerated modules now funding on Kickstarter: youtube.com/watch?v=oE1Qnq5Wo_

merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2025-01-22

Had an awesome time interviewing Tom for #HacksterCafe ! The SPOKE board launches soon on KS: kickstarter.com/projects/tomfo

It's a gorgeous and simple platform for touch-responsive #music instruments, #HIDs, #InteractiveArt pieces, & other interfaces, good for #electronics beginners (similar to MakeyMakey and Bare Conductive Touch Board – we dug into the differences on video). Based on #RaspberryPi #RP2040, it has 27 capacitive sensors w/ indicator LEDs & STEMMA QT / Qwiic! 🤩 mastodon.social/@TomVulpes/113

merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2024-06-25

Join us in 20 (or catch the replay) for in-depth #WearableTech insights and brilliant designs, on this week's #HacksterCafe with guest Rodney Trusty!

▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=VdniK69B3L

pierdrpierdr
2024-05-22

My chat with @alexglow is on YouTube!

We chatted about my latest project and more!☺️☺️☺️

youtube.com/watch?v=MBOaudw2cl

pierdrpierdr
2024-05-21

Super excited to join @alexglow tomorrow for a chat about tech, design and my latest project.

Tune in at 10am PST:

youtube.com/watch?v=MBOaudw2clo

Looking forward to this! 


merlin / alex glowalexglow@chaos.social
2024-04-02

Today I'm interviewing Katherine Connell, aka Smalls, about two rad #WearableTech projects: her LED tattoo Kickstarter and fox #CompanionBot tutorials! You know I love both those things, and hers are next-level :D

Join us in 2 hours for #HacksterCafe (or catch the recording): youtube.com/watch?v=gN0J89SCBe

Katherine peeks at the camera from behind her raised arm; her bicep sports a colorful, light-up sticker with a compass design.

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