The TrooperAI project was a test to see if I could build a low-latency, local (non-networked) voice assistant in Python for the Raspberry Pi. The system combines real-time speech recognition, ...

What if your next AI assistant didn’t need the internet to answer your questions, generate images, or recognize objects? Imagine a compact, powerful device sitting on your desk, running advanced AI ...

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in school, where we learn about its use in the context of a circle. More ...

I was keen on using the Camera Control button when it first debuted on the iPhone 16 Pro. But in over a year of use, it caused more accidental swipes and presses than its intended use cases to take ...

Many people recognize that perfectionism is a characteristic of anxiety; however, not all perfectionism is created equal. There are two distinct sources of perfectionism, each motivated by a different ...

You can get all kinds of great wildlife footage if you trek out into the woods with a camera, but it can be tough to stay awake all night. However, this is a task you can readily automate, as [Luke] ...

Like the iPhone 16 series, all of Apple's latest iPhone 17 models include a new Camera Control button (located on the lower right-hand side when holding the phone in portrait mode). The button aims to ...

In the early days of the smartphone, Apple had a strong lead with the camera on the iPhone consistently besting its peers. There was a period somewhere in the middle where it lagged, but over the past ...

A new pair of images purport to show four color variants of the bare Camera Control component from the iPhone 17, though they don't match previous claims. Significantly, the colors do not necessarily ...

A reliable Weibo tipster has refuted recent rumors that suggested that Apple is abandoning the Camera Control key in 2026. The source claims that Apple is simplifying the Camera Control button for the ...

An artist’s conception shows Astrolab’s FLIP rover on the moon. Interlune plans to put a helium-hunting multispectral camera on the rover. (Astrolab Illustration) Seattle-based Interlune says it’s ...