A Computer That Fits Inside A Camera Lens https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/a-computer-that-fits-inside-a-camera-lens/
#Digitalcamerashacks #Aperture #Camera #Lcd #Lens #Photography #Programmable #Screen

A Computer That Fits Inside A Camera Lens

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/16/a-computer-that-fits-inside-a-camera-lens/

Need to pull your changelog data into another system? We got you. Public REST API means ultimate flexibility. Integrate everywhere. #APIfirst #Programmable

The 8-Bit Nametag - Brookstone Programmable Nameplate

https://makertube.net/w/pvPPrk8h1D93JANm2oFLjr

Une #carte de #type Arduino est une #carte #électronique #programmable qui ne #coute pas trop #cher qui vous permet de #créer, #programmer, #concevoir et #tester facilement vos #prototypes, vos #circuits et vos #solutions #électriques, vos vos petits #robots et #domotiques

URL / https://electro-robot.com/robotique/les-cartes-arduino

Megatrend #17 - Micro-Autonomous Systems: "Individually small, collectively revolutionary. Micro-swarms are silently building the intelligent and automated world of tomorrow." - Futurist Jim Carroll

(Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series on 30 Megatrends, which he first outlined in his book Dancing in the Rain: How Bold Leaders Grow Stronger in Stormy Times. The trends were shared in the book as a way of demonstrating that, despite any period of economic volatility, there is always long-term opportunity to be found. The book is now in print - learn more at dancing.jimcarroll.com)

The proliferation of specialized tiny robots and drones for specific functions is creating swarm-based solutions to complex problems across industries, from agriculture to infrastructure maintenance to healthcare. Imagine a series of automated drones checking utility infrastructure for faults—that is the new world we are building right now.

Let's call it "The Dawn of the Swarm". I could see some dramatic Star Wars-style theme music going with it!

What's it all about? Tiny robots and drones operating in coordinated swarms, creating intelligent solutions to complex problems across sectors:

Agriculture: Precision farming and crop monitoring

Healthcare: Targeted drug delivery and medical logistics

Infrastructure: Autonomous inspection and maintenance

The idea is inspired by the collective behavior of social insects and birds. Known as "swarm intelligence", it provides the foundational algorithm for decentralized coordination and insight. Each autonomous agent (a drone or robot) operates based on local information and simple rules, but together, these systems become complex, intelligent group behavior, and coordinated insight emerges as they work together.

A lot of this trend comes from the power of miniaturization. Researchers and engineers are pushing the boundaries of what's possible, developing increasingly smaller yet more capable autonomous systems

The proliferation of micro-autonomous systems is not just a technological trend; it is the dawn of a new era of intelligent, distributed, and swarm-based solutions that will reshape our world in the years to come.

Cue the Star Wars theme music!

#Materials #Science #Innovation #Programmable #Self-healing #Technology #Nanotechnology #Chemistry #Future #Advanced

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/07/decoding-tomorrow-30-megatrends-17-micro-autonomous-systems-individually-small-collectively-revolutionary-micro-swarms-are-silently-building-the-intelligent-and-automated-world-of-tomorrow/

𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟔 - 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 - "𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦." - Futurist Jim Carroll

(𝐹𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐽𝑖𝑚 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 30 𝑀𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑎𝑖𝑛: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝐵𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔-𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡 - 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔.𝑗𝑖𝑚𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝑚)

We are experiencing unprecedented innovation in physical materials, everything from self-healing surfaces to programmable matter. These new substances enable product capabilities that were previously impossible."

I previously covered this megatrend in my "Big Future" series, which I ran a few years ago - you'll find the whole series over at - where else! - bigfuture.jimcarroll.com.

One of the trends I covered in that series involved "new materials science," and there is a lengthy blog post worth exploring.

To get a sense of this megatrend, read what I wrote back then:

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We all use materials. We never really think about it too much, though: the science behind their discovery, the acceleration of that science, and what it leads to in terms of new opportunities. That’s what this post is about.

Why is it important? Virtually every single industry, new product discovery, and invention is the result of materials science.

What's fascinating is how, within this trend, a field of 'self-healing surfaces' and 'programmable matter' is coming about. Let's dig in! As always, there's a PDF of the full report right here.

https://pdf.jimcarroll.com/Megatrend16-MaterialScience.pdf

**#Materials** **#Science** **#Innovation** **#Programmable** **#Self**-healing **#Technology** **#Nanotechnology** **#Chemistry** **#Future** **#Advanced**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/07/decoding-tomorrow-30-megatrends-16-material-science-breakthroughs-we-are-moving-beyond-static-objects-to-a-world-of-living-materials-that-heal-think-and-reshape-our-reality/

I decided to start writing about one device at a time; otherwise, I’ll never start. “Device” is a vague term by design, but I’ll start with peripherals. For now, just about a mouse.

https://no-pe.netlify.app/devices/

I’m going to post updates here in a thread. RSS should publish them as new posts, but I’ve had some problems with that.

#Keychron #KeychronM6 #ProgrammableMouse #ProgrammableMice #Programmable #OnBoardMemory #PCMouse #ComputerMouse #mouse #mice

🤡 Wow, join the circus of #BBNs where money grows on #programmable #substrates like DNA and thoughts! 🎩🤔 Apparently, all it takes is a new "trust primitive" from the UK's #ARIA to fund your wildest #sci-fi dreams—because, clearly, the future needs more buzzwords to finance the impossible! 🚀💸
https://www.freaktakes.com/p/wanted-new-instruments-to-fund-bbns #trust #primitive #dreams #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Behold, yet another *groundbreaking* tool for the #Kubernetes choir 🎶—Koreo! With its "programmable #workflows," you'll be dancing through "complex, multistep processes" like a lost ballet instructor in a server room. 🤖 #YAML enthusiasts rejoice, your new deity has arrived! 🙄
https://koreo.dev/ #Koreo #programmable #tools #innovation #HackerNews #ngated

I had a blast at #programmable this week. I'm exhausted but really pleased with how my talk was received. It is a more challenging, darker talk than I usually do, but important because it is emblematic of what is happening right now. Here are some random pics of the week!

Anybody attending #Programmable #Melbourne?

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Mar 13th, 2025

https://bit.ly/stc031325

#QNodeOS #programmable #independent #hardware #Paleolithic #vitamin-D # Ust'-Ishim #SF12 #Habsburg #intermarriage #outcomes #inbreeding-coefficient #mikvah #menorah #Rome #well-dated #SuperCrudes #macroalgae #seaweed #standardized

@401matthall @Remittancegirl

That is a stunning piece of Census information, that 8 in 10 Americans live within 100 miles of where they grew up (6 in 10 within 10 miles)...

and then: "Most Americans don't know anything about the world around them from their own experience. It's all fed to us via a screen. We are eminently programmable." 😐

#Consequences
#USCensus
#programmable

@Maya @claudiom @gemlog @nytpu @kelbot @goosey @xmanmonk @robert588 Some fun #reviewing my #texasinstruments #ti66 #programmable #calculator built by #toshiba. Super slow but great battery life. A #4bit #turingcomplete #computer in your pocket. https://youtu.be/BBPO8ZeGoE4

#BSI WID-SEC-2024-3350: [NEU] [mittel] ##Cisco #Evolved #Programmable #Network #Manager #and Cisco #Prime #Infrastructure: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Cross-Site Scripting

Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager und Cisco Prime Infrastructure ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen.

https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2024-3350

Does any body know of any way to program this robot with #platformio ? This is an old programmable toy from 2009? 2013? By #Roboni #Robonii I can find the Windows (modified) version of the Arduino IDE, it has a #ATXMEGA processor but I'm not sure which one. I do have an old windows machine setup to use it, but ideally I would like to use my linux machines.
Here is what little I do know, which isn't much.
https://github.com/kd8bxp/Robonii_Robot

#Robot #Arduino #Programming #Programmable #Toy

Hardware Reuse: The PMG001 Integrated Power Management Module https://hackaday.com/2024/08/27/hardware-reuse-the-pmg001-integrated-power-management-module/ #powermangement #BatteryHacks #programmable #lithiumion #battery

installed a #honeywell #programmable wall switch last week. i'll see how well it was #engineered sunday evening if the #porch #light comes on at the correct #dst #time.

Here is another picture together with the #LEGO #Technic #Control #Center which has #arrived in the meantime. I only had to clean the #battery #contacts. Otherwise, it was in perfect condition. It should also be one of the biggest LEGO parts.

Instead of C(LR14) I used #rechargeable AA(LR6) #batteries, which ideally have the same length. I just had to make #holders for them, which I also made out of LEGO. lol

#programmablethings #programming #programmable #legotechnic #robotics #robotic