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Wood transistors
World's First Wood Transistor Chops Out at 1 Hz

By Mark Tyson Published

The first wood transistor doesn’t switch very fast, but it gets extra points for sustainability and biodegradability.

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Pimoroni Yukon
Pimoroni Stealthily Announce RP2040 Yukon Modular Robotics Platform

By Les Pounder Published

At Cambridge Raspberry Jam, Pimoroni sneakily announced a new RP2040 based modular robotics board. With six interchangeable m

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The LattaPanda Sigma
LattePanda Announces Sigma, a 'Hackable Single Board Server'

By Les Pounder Published

Raptor Lake CPU, Intel Iris XE GPU and 16GB of LPDDR5

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Limor "Ladyada" Fried demonstrates DVI video output with Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI
Adafruit Demonstrates RP2040 DVI Output for CircuitPython

By Les Pounder Published

The Raspberry Pi Pico's RP2040 SoC is a $1 marvel and Adafruit's latest board enables easy video output without a mess of cables

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Rehana's "Blooming Dress"
Electronic Flower Dress Blooms at the Touch of a Button

By Les Pounder Published

Maker Rehana Al-Soltane has created a unique dress which sees rose blossoms open with a touch of a button

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Adafruit Feather RP2040 with DVI
Adafruit Feather RP2040 DVI Has Built-in Video Out, Raspberry Pi Silicon

By Les Pounder Published

Adafruit's latest board nears release and it promises to provide easy digital video from our favorite microcontroller

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Arduino Uno R4
Arduino Uno R4 Due in May With 32-Bit CPU, 16x the RAM and USB-C

By Avram Piltch Published

One of the world's most popular microcontroller boards is getting a huge upgrade.

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Nvidia Orin Nano Developer Kit
Nvidia’s New Orin Nano Developer Kit: Like a Raspberry Pi for AI

By Les Pounder Published

$499 Entry-Level SBC For AI

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The Thunderberry5 SBC
8-Core, Qualcomm-Powered SBC Set to Take on Raspberry Pi, Features Embedded RP2040

By Les Pounder Published

Packing a Qualcomm Snapdragon and Raspberry Pi RP2040, Thunderberry5 aims to create a community around its AI focused board.

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Pioneer
These Blu-Ray Discs Are Guaranteed to Last 100 Years

By Anton Shilov Published

Pioneer's BDR-WX01DM optical disc drive and IPS-BD11J03P BD-R are compliant with the Japanese JIS X6257 standard, promise to last for a century.

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