The Latest in Fashion—A Smart Dress That Can Pour You a Drink

Robotics

Meet DRINKBOT 2.0 — the perfect blend of fashion, technology, and mixology. Created through a collaboration with BeagleBoard and renowned designer Anouk Wipprecht, the stylish outfit made its debut at Embedded World 2024. Available as either a dress or a suit, DRINKBOT 2.0 uses voice commands, the BeagleY-AI, and a built-in 3D-printed cocktail system to […]

Whitepaper preview: A Beast in Function but Not in Cost: How HALaser Leveraged BeagleBone to Break into a Closed Market

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What do microchips, stone-washed jeans, 3D printing, paint removal, and meat products have in common? All rely on laser marking, which uses a focused beam of light to ‘mark’ a surface with symbols or patterns. It’s an intricate process controlled by a system of highly specialized software and hardware components. Building such a system demands […]

First steps with the HC-05 on the BeagleBone Black

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Simple serial-based Bluetooth client connection on #BeagleBoneBlack From: https://donfuge.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/first-steps-with-the-hc-05-on-the-beaglebone-black/ Wireless communication between an embedded device and PC or smartphone is easily accomplished using the HC-05 bluetooth module. The BeagleBone is a great tool to explore the features of it and one can even settle with bluetooth in his final application. Enabling the UART5 I decided […]