Vitalik calls for open-source infrastructure in health, finance, governance

Admin9 months ago02 mins

The Ethereum co-founder warned that closed systems breed abuse and monopolies, urging open-source, verifiable infrastructure for healthcare, finance and voting. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin called for open-source, verifiable infrastructure across critical sectors, including healthcare, finance and governance, warning that centralized systems risk eroding trust and security. In a Wednesday blog post, Buterin argued that as…

DIY FriendlyStack Reminder Desktop Gadget Turns E-Mail Into Digital Sticky Notes

Admin12 months ago07 mins

We’ve all been there: lying in bed when suddenly an important task pops into your head, then vanishes by morning like it never existed. Sticky notes seem like the obvious solution, but they quickly turn your workspace into a colorful mess of half-forgotten reminders that either fall off or blend into the background noise. The…

Dream Recorder Lets AI Turn Your Nighttime Dreams Into Moving Art

Admin12 months ago09 mins

There’s something oddly fascinating about a device that promises to turn your dreams into watchable videos, and Modem Works’ Dream Recorder actually delivers on that wild concept. This isn’t some futuristic brain-scanning contraption from a sci-fi movie, but rather a surprisingly simple bedside gadget that listens to your dream descriptions and transforms them into surreal,…

Open Source Ploopy Knob Empowers Creators With Precision Control

Admin12 months ago08 mins

Imagine you’re deep into a creative project, your fingers dancing across your keyboard, when you reach for that perfect dial control. Instead of fumbling through software menus, you twist a precision-engineered knob that responds to your every movement with satisfying tactile feedback. This isn’t some fantasy from a retro sci-fi movie, it’s the Ploopy Knob,…

Humane AI Pin gets resurrected thanks to a new free Open-Source Platform

Admin1 year ago07 mins

So you splurged $700 on that sleek Humane AI Pin last year, dazzled by promises of an AI-powered future clipped to your lapel. Now it sits in your drawer, a pricey trinket that does little more than project the time onto your palm when it’s not busy being a conversation starter about tech investments gone…

Open Source One-Handed Keyboard Blends QWERTY and Mouse for True Accessibility

Admin1 year ago07 mins

It’s not every day you come across a computer accessory that feels genuinely life-changing, but that’s exactly the impression left by HTX Studio’s One-handed Keyboard. For designers, engineers, or even tinkerers who’ve spent hours wrestling with conventional keyboards, the usual arrangement quickly reveals its limitations, especially if you’re trying to operate everything with just one…

Decentralized OORT AI data hits top ranks on Google Kaggle

Admin1 year ago02 mins

OORT’s AI image data set reached Kaggle’s front page in multiple categories, highlighting rising demand for high-quality, community-sourced training data. An artificial intelligence training image data set developed by decentralized AI solution provider OORT saw considerable success on Google’s platform Kaggle. OORT’s Diverse Tools Kaggle data set listing was released in early April; since then, it has…

Backstage access: Spotify’s dev tools side-hustle is growing legs

Admin1 year ago010 mins

Spotify generates the vast bulk of its income from ads and subscriptions, but for the past few years the music-streaming giant has also been quietly building out a developer tooling business. Backstage, a project it open-sourced in 2020, has been adopted by more than 2 million developers across 3,400 organizations, including Airbnb, LinkedIn, Twilio, and…

Ai2’s new small AI model outperforms similarly-sized models from Google, Meta

Admin1 year ago04 mins

‘Tis the week for small AI models, it seems. Nonprofit AI research institute Ai2 on Thursday released Olmo 2 1B, a 1-billion-parameter model that Ai2 claims beats similarly-sized models from Google, Meta and Alibaba on several benchmarks. Parameters, sometimes referred to as weights, are the internal components of a model that guide its behavior. Olmo…

This tool estimates how much electricity your chatbot messages consume

Admin1 year ago04 mins

Ever wonder how much electricity you’re using when you prompt, or thank, an AI model? Hugging Face engineer Julien Delavande did, so he built a tool to help arrive at the answer. AI models consume energy each time they’re run. They’re run on GPUs and specialized chips that need a lot of power to carry…