Help I'm Alive

Episode description

In this episode, Tod and Paul share a secondary display for your Bambu Labs 3D printer, a small eink eReader, an open source microcontroller, and more.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome

00:15 BambuHelper

BambuHelper is a tiny ESP32-powered desk friend to tell you how your 3d printer is doing!

5:56 OpenScan

OpenScan is a low-cost and high quality 3D scanner that you build yourself that is open source and modular.

8:53 Xteink X4 eReader

The Xteink X4 eReader is small 4” eink eReader that can read ebooks and can also be an ESP32 dev board.

12:58 Project Aura

Project Aura is a crowd-funded air quality monitor that costs $30 for the 3D print design and firmware.

17:06 The Baochip

The Baochip-1x by Bunnie Huang is another microcontroller platform like the RP2040 or the ESP32, but unlike those chips, everything about the Baochip is open source.

21:51 OpenCode

OpenCode is a 100% open source AI coding agent licensed under the liberal MIT license. It’s built for privacy and does not store any of your data.

26:16 Wrap-up