➀ The 13th Midwest RepRap Festival (MRRF 2025) gathered 3D printing enthusiasts in Indiana, featuring open-source innovations like Cody Bean's Printventory STL organizer and intense combat robotics competitions;

➀ Creality showcased its portable Raptor Pro 3D scanner, while young builders demonstrated TPU-armored combat robots;

➂ The event highlighted global community growth with sister festivals planned in Maryland, England, and Japan through 2026.

➀ The acatech Impuls report advocates for open-source chip design tools to reduce dependencies on proprietary systems dominated by U.S. firms, enhance Europe's digital sovereignty, and accelerate semiconductor innovation;

➀ Open-source tools are highlighted as critical for specialized applications (e.g., quantum computing) and fostering SME/startup participation, while lowering barriers for academic research and talent development;

➂ The report calls for a unified European semiconductor strategy, including platforms to integrate open-source tools into industrial workflows and adapt policies to evolving geopolitical challenges.

➀ This article introduces a device that uses YOLOv8 for real-time face detection and landmarking, suitable for various applications such as doorbells and attendance systems for small businesses. The device features a 5-point facial recognition system and operates on a MaixCam development board.

➁ The hardware setup involves a Sipeed microcontroller with dual-core CPU, NPU, and 256MB DDR3 RAM, running a Linux-based OS. The system supports YOLOv8, enabling efficient real-time face recognition.

➂ The article provides detailed instructions on how to set up and use the MaixCam board, including connecting via Wi-Fi, uploading files using MaixVision IDE, and managing face databases.

➀ The decline of insect biomass in Germany is a serious environmental indicator;

➁ Collette Wasielewski and Tom Cox founded SPAIA to address this issue;

➂ SPAIA is developing an open-source system for global insect data collection and access.

➀ The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed the open-source platform 'OpenEarable';

➁ This platform integrates a variety of sensors in wireless headphones for comprehensive health measurements and security applications;

➂ OpenEarable 2.0 allows developers to create customized software with over 30 physiological parameters measurable directly in the ear.

➀ China plans to release guidelines encouraging the national use of RISC-V-based chips, according to a Reuters report.

➁ The RISC-V architecture is attractive due to its openness, allowing anyone to freely obtain, learn, modify, and extend it.

➂ RISC-V has been embraced by global companies like Alibaba, Qualcomm, and NVIDIA, contributing to its rapid development.

➀ The European power supply system is undergoing a transformation due to the energy transition, with more and more facilities feeding into the decentralized power grid through power electronics.

➁ The InterSCADA project aims to develop a modular SCADA platform that will help grid operators across Europe maintain system stability in increasingly hybrid AC/DC power grids.

➂ The platform is designed to be flexible and adaptable to dynamic network situations, and will be tested in four European countries to ensure its replicability in diverse geographical environments and regulatory and technical requirements.

➀ RISC-V is emerging as the native computing architecture for AI.

➁ DeepSeek's success has sparked innovation in computing architecture.

➂ RISC-V, with its open-source nature, is well-suited AI applications.

➃ The flexibility and scalability of RISC-V make it ideal for AI computing.

➄ The first server-grade CPU based on RISC-V, C930, is set for delivery.

➅ Alibaba's XuanTie leads the international open-source community in RISC-V development.

➆ RISC-V is poised to become the dominant architecture in AI accelerators by 2030.

➀ Nandni Jamnadas is a UKESF Scholar and a student at Royal Holloway, University of London, also working as a Software Tool Chain Engineer at Embecosm.

➁ She is a member of the Embecosm GNU compiler team and leads the CORE-V GNU tool chain project.

➂ Her achievements include contributing to GNU, creating tailored tool chains for customers, and implementing new features in the CORE-V tool chain.

Facebook has admitted that its heavy-handed censorship of Linux groups and topics was an 'error' and has been corrected.

The company has stated that discussions of Linux are allowed on its services.

DistroWatch, a Copenhagen-hosted Linux distribution site, had its links banned on Facebook, which it appealed against. The ban has been lifted.

➀ Brian Huang, a high school senior, completed a fully open-source laptop project in six months.

➁ The laptop features a 4K AMOLED display, Cherry MX mechanical keyboard, and approximately 7 hours of battery life.

➂ Huang faced challenges with signal integrity when driving the 4K display but eventually solved the issue by shortening the cable length.