[Rejunity] is bringing us an open-source z80 core on real hardware, thanks of course to the TinyTapeout ASIC project. The classic core will occupy two tiles on the upcoming TinyTapeout 7. While perhaps it’s not quite the same as a real 40-pin DIP in your hands, like all of the open-source custom silicon world, it’s as yet…
I think this will be an eye opening series of stories to read… https://electrek.co/2024/04/24/i-went-to-china-to-witness-the-secrets-of-micromobility-factories-heres-whats-coming
Electric cars sales in China are projected to reach 10 million this year, accounting for about 45% of all car sales in the world’s largest automotive market. This is why oil giant Sinopec recently said gasoline demand in the country likely peaked in 2023.
Most interesting are owners’ debates over what, exactly, they just purchased. Is the Vision Pro for watching movies? Working? Being alone? Collaborating? Nobody knows, really. Rather than settling into a new routine, or building a workflow around their new computers, users spend a lot of time talking in the future tense, about what this thing…
This type of cultural creep from major corporations is nothing new, but Disney has a particularly disturbing history of accelerated, amplified control across the mediums they enter. Each new property they acquire seems to permeate culture instantly, from stores to amusement parks to screens around the world. Even for non-Disney fans, escaping exposure has become…
The AVP feels like Apple cargo-culting itself The truth is that there’s very little true vision behind the Vision Pro. The headset is not the product of revolutionary work being done in the bowels of its donut-shaped headquarters. It exists to prove to investors and critics of Tim Cook’s leadership that the company isn’t just…
Can’t get enough of Chibi projects… their work, IMO, represents one of those branches. https://chibitronics.com/2024/01/17/sending-hugs-using-animating-led-sticker-and-the-pull-tab-switch/