The Hyper Encabulator (natural successor to the Turbo Encabulator and later the Electro Turbo Encabulator that Dave was part of)DALL-E is the AI art engine that made our artwork this week.The cool thing you missed at the Tesla AI day (eevblog)Laura from Oxide Computer was on the show talking about serversThe "Open Compute Project" is the FB project Chris was thinking of.Robotic Ice Cream FailFast food robots are being promoted in the press currently. But that's nothing new! NYtimes has a history of "robots doing jobs" at fast food places.Jack of All TradesChris is working on what he calls a "Lego" prototype, basically PCBs to replace just point to point wiring between other breakout boards.He has been working on an IoT Trashcan Monitor Reference Design and also wrote about the process (and made a video about it)The NXP RT1062 is on the Teensy 4 and is a beast of a part...600 MHz microcontrollerChris is also looking at getting a milling machine againPast guest John Saunders got started with a milling machine in his NYC apartment (hence NYC CNC)Dave made a video about how to shop for enclosures...and forgot he made it because of Chris!Dave is looking for an enclosure with an angled screen.Shopping for boxes is the only activity we'd consider in the metaverseChris has been working on remote hardware training, including build systems for firmware.Dave has been doing low power auditing in the home, looking for power leaks.X vs Y capRomex is a commercial term for power cables in the wall in the USThe Smart Grid episode with Paul Zawada is a good reference for people learning about powerDave made a recent video about the financial viability of battery backup in the home.Vampire powerFederal Pacific Panels Blow up! Chris had one in the house he bought in 2009 (it was replaced)Video of the measurement
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