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Announcing the AI Innovation Challenge with SparkFun + NVIDIA! 🧠Unleash Your Creativity with NVIDIA Jetson SparkFun has teamed up with NVIDIA to launch a new contest, which calls upon the Hackster community to build innovative AI applications using the NVIDIA Jetson platform for a chance to win up to $60,000 in prizes. Need hardware to bring your idea to life? Apply by December 8th to receive one of 10 free Jetson Orin Developer Kits. [Join now]( Hardware ⬛ Synaptics SYN43711 Synaptics has launched a new chip for Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity in the IoT, claiming a best-in-class rate-over-range performance and an algorithm that can watch you breathe. [Read more]( 🟩 Pineberry Pi HatDrive! Pineberry Pi has announced the first — unofficial — M.2 HAT for the Raspberry Pi 5, allowing the use of high-speed Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) storage and more with the board. [Read more]( Projects of the Week 🪑 Rolling in Comfort Dave Niewinski has built an AI-controlled La-Z-Boy tank chair that you can drive to pick up a snack without ever having to stand up. [Read more]( ✨ OctoClock Energy Meter With energy prices seemingly increasing all the time, Alex Shakespeare decided to build a wall-based device to help manage costs. [Read more]( What's Happening? ♾️ Arduino Cloud Refresh The Arduino team has announced a "renewed and improved" Arduino Cloud platform, built atop user feedback — though it's rolling out the changes over a period of weeks, beginning with a new UI. [Read more]( 🚩 Hardware CTF Badge Alex had the chance to catch up with Abhinav Pandagale to hear about his full-color PCB badges for this year's RSA Conference and BSides SF security events in San Francisco. [Watch now]( 🔥 BeagleV-Fire Webinar BeagleBoard recently launched its BeagleV-Fire, featuring Microchip's PolarFire SoC. Want to create your own RISC-V project with this hot new SBC? Join e14's webinar with Jason Kridner! [Save your spot]( 🔎 Microchip's AVR-IoT Cellular Mini // Tech Highlight The AVR-IoT Cellular Mini is a hardware platform for evaluating and developing cellular IoT solutions based on Microchip's AVR128DB48 microcontroller and ATECC608B secure element. Watch as we dive into its specs and features to help you get started on your Future of Resilience Contest submission! [Want a free board? Apply by December 10th!]( [Watch now]( [Hackster.io]( Curated weekly by a team of hardware nerds. 2580 Junction Ave San Jose, CA 95134 USA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from our list.