Welcome to our November Newsletter
Hi everyone,
November has already started, but we’re still in a Halloween mood. Luckily it’s not just us! Tricksters and treaters were not simply carving pumpkins and wearing spooky outfits on October 31st. They were also using ESP32 to make their Halloween costumes even more horrifying!
What’s scarier than a pair of Uncanny Eyes ? Well, the obvious answer is five pairs of Uncanny Eyes mounted on skulls and controlled in a way that makes everyone scream. Laurent did exactly that and posted the project on hackster.io. Powered by ESP32-DevKitC, Uncanny Eyes achieve maximum effect when they are attached to the bust of a Halloween skull costume. The wearer of the costume seamlessly controls the uncanny eyes, as they transition from random motion to coordinated movements via a hidden device with an analog joystick and buttons.
Apart from Halloween, what kept us excited last month was the release of ESP-WHO , which is Espressif’s face detection and recognition platform based on ESP32. You will find ESP-WHO to be most helpful if, for example, you want to build a
coffee machine which will be able to recognize your face when using it, so that it gives you the kind of coffee that matches your taste; or when you want to control a home appliance that will shut down automatically upon recognizing that unsupervised children are in the vicinity. If you want to learn more about ESP-WHO, click on here.
Other news you can find in this month’s newsletter includes Espressif’s representation at the IoT/M2M Expo in Japan, which took place on October 24–26; “Bob” , a French mini dishwasher powered by ESP32; the Hackaday Super-conference which takes place in Pasadena on November 2–4, featuring Espressif’s Software and Technical Marketing Manager, Jeroen Domburg , as an invited speaker; and, finally, the continuing ESP32 Bug Bounty Program .
Hope you enjoy reading the November edition of our newsletter. Keep sending us your comments and requests on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We respond to all of your messages as quickly as possible!
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Best wishes, John Lee.
Senior Customer Support Officer
ESP Solutions at Japan’s 4th IoT/M2M Expo#
Espressif’s distributor in Japan, Midoriya Electric, participated in the 4th IoT/M2M Expo, in Makuhari Messe, which took place on October 24–26. This was part of Japan’s IT Week, which is a world-leading IT show that has become the most comprehensive business-to-business IT exhibition in Japan. This year the show was the biggest one in its history, in terms of the number of exhibitors and professional visitors from the industry. asdf
Mini Dishwasher Powered by ESP32#
“Throw in the sponge. Adopt Bob!” This is the motto of Daan.Tech, a French start-up whose goal is to usher in a new era of smart home appliances. Bob is a newly-designed ultra-compact dishwasher which offers the ultimate solution for people with space-constrained kitchens and an irreversible aversion to washing dishes by hand. Needless to say, of course, that “Bob” is built around Espressif’s powerful ESP32-WROOM-32 module, which can bring to life a variety of projects, ranging from low-power sensor networks to the most demanding tasks.
Espressif at the Hackaday Supercon 2018#
Every year, the Hackaday Super-conference attracts huge numbers of hardware hackers, makers, engineers and enthusiasts from around the world. Hundreds of people gather for the organized talks and workshops, as well as the unplanned challenges, conversations and discoveries that make Supercon the ultimate hardware conference.
The ESP32 Security Bug Bounty Is Still On!#
Do you like searching for security bugs? Do you want to earn some extra cash? Are you a fan of Espressif Systems and ESP32? If the answer to all these questions is positive, then you should definitely consider participating in our bug-reporting program, the ESP32 Security Bug Bounty! We had a similar program about ESP8266, which lasted from March 2015 until July 2018. Our ESP32 Bug Bounty started in March 2017 and is still on!
Originally published at mailchi.mp.