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AMR Innovator Joins Open Source Robotics Alliance By | Logistics Business |

Seegrid Corporation, manufacturer of autonomous mobile robot (AMR) solutions for palletized material handling in the US, today announced its membership in the Open Source Robotics Alliance (OSRA), an initiative of the Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF).

Through this partnership, Seegrid will contribute its industry-leading expertise through its active involvement in the open-source robotics community. The company joins a vibrant network of innovators, collectively driving open-source development for the betterment of the global robotics landscape. As part of the OSRA, Seegrid will actively support initiatives that foster collaboration and shared knowledge across the robotics field. The company aims to participate in key OSRF activities, including the renowned ROSCon event, as well as on-line communities such as GitHub and ROS Discourse.

“Joining OSRA is an opportunity for us to more fully participate in the open-source robotics community, to share our insights and learn from a community that thrives on collaboration and innovation,” said Tom Panzarella, Chief Technology Officer of Seegrid. “By contributing to the open-source robotics ecosystem, we hope to help push the community forward, enhancing the capabilities of autonomous systems across industries. Together with other OSRA members, we believe we can further harden and improve the accessibility of advanced technology for all.”

This partnership reflects Seegrid’s commitment to promoting open development that benefits the entire community, not just individual organizations. With the company’s extensive experience in AMRs, Seegrid hopes to play an active role in advancing the collaborative development efforts that make open-source platforms like ROS 2 vital contributors to technological progress.'' [...]

Episode 32: How can you build an app with a backend using AI in just 20 minutes?

''Matt Wolfe (https://x.com/mreflow) and Nathan Lands (https://x.com/NathanLands) sit down with AI enthusiast Riley Brown (https://x.com/rileybrown_ai) to explore this exciting and challenging process.

In this episode, Riley brings his unique perspective and experience, from a non-coder to a developer leveraging AI tools. The discussion covers Riley's journey, the tools he recommends for beginners, like Cursor and Replit, and the integration with Firebase for seamless app development. They venture into creating a simple web app, discuss the evolution of app capabilities, and contemplate innovative features and platforms driven by AI. Whether you're a novice or an experienced developer, this episode offers a wealth of insights and practical advice.

Check out The Next Wave YouTube Channel if you want to see Matt and Nathan on screen: https://lnk.to/thenextwavepd

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Show Notes: (00:00) Riley Brown shares app-building methods, templates. (04:15) Using Claude artifacts for code generation amazed me. (08:35) Start with Cursor, avoid multiple tool distractions. (09:34) Codebase setup using SSH for syncing changes. (12:55) AI integrates and updates code in steps. (17:49) App to log and track AI skill development. (20:04) Tools: Cursor, Firebase, Replit for project management. (25:12) Discusses free use of Replit, Firebase, Cursor. (27:32) App for threading voice notes and AI formatting. (30:58) Appreciating design effort; seeking AI improvement. (33:31) Building community to create apps efficiently. (35:20) Follow Riley Brown on X, subscribe YouTube.

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Mentions: Riley Brown: https://community.softwarecomposer.com/c/templates/replit-templates https://replit.com/@an732001/Riley-and-Ansh-Full-Stack-Nextjs-Template-version-1?v=1#README.md Software Composer: https://www.softwarecomposer.com/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.so/ Replit: https://replit.com/ Firebase: https://firebase.google.com/ Midjourney: https://www.midjourney.com/ Claude: https://www.anthropic.com/index/claude Wispr Flow: https://www.flowvoice.ai/

— Check Out Matt’s Stuff: • Future Tools - https://futuretools.beehiiv.com • Blog - https://www.mattwolfe.com/ • YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@mreflow — Check Out Nathan's Stuff: Newsletter: https://news.lore.com/ Blog - https://lore.com/ '' [...] Media file

Hundreds of companies to share supply chain data in open-source hub By | Matt Mace | [...] ''More than 400 corporate supply chains, consisting of thousands of suppliers, shared in one open data platform that will map supply chain production locations globally.

Open Supply Hub’s chief executive Natalie Grillon said: “Transparency efforts are significantly more impactful when they are harmonised. If we can all go to one resource to know where the world’s production locations are and who is connected to them, then so much opportunity can be unlocked: from reporting and business efficiencies to more impactful programmatic work, collaboration, remediation and investment.”

The Hub can be joined by other multi-stakeholder initiatives to add to the growing pool of data. Businesses often sign up to such initiatives to and agree to sharing baseline data, tools and frameworks to help act on supply chain sustainability and transparency.

The new initiatives join the likes of Fair Wear Foundation, RISE (Reimagining Industry to Support Equality), Apparel Impact Institute, and the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles in signing up to the Hub.

To date, Open Supply Hub has 1,400 contributors mapping nearly one million production locations on its platform.'' [...]

''Firestarter EPROM programmer application''

https://youtu.be/JDHOKbyNnrE

''Your new favorite ROM burner is here!''

https://youtu.be/LWYeSAVNEWM

OPEN SOURCE UNIVERSAL ROM PROGRAMMER GROWS UP By | Al Williams | ''When we first looked at [Anders Nielsen’s] EEPROM programmer project, it was nice but needed some software and manual intervention and had some limitations on the parts you could program. But through the magic of Open-Source collaboration, revision 2 of the project overcomes all of these limitations and—as you can see in the video below—looks very polished.

If you recall, the programmer is in a “shield” format that can plug into an Arduino or — if you prefer a retrocomputer — a 6502uno. Along with hardware improvements from the community, [Henrik Olsson] wrote Python software to handle the programming (see the second video below).

The biggest change in the new version is that you don’t have to configure the voltages with jumpers anymore. This was required because different devices draw power on different pins, but a clever two-transistor circuit lets the software handle it. There is still one jumper for switching between 32-pin and 28-pin EEPROMs.

The extra transistors added four cents to the total price, although if you buy the kit from [Anders], it is still $9, just like before.

Skimming the database, we don’t see any Microcontrollers (MPUs). However, it looks like the device should be able to program flash MPUs, too. We covered the first edition of this project, and we were impressed even then. We do hope people will add MPUs and other devices like PALs to the project over time.'' [...]

Minecraft-like free and open source game VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) hits over 500K downloads By | Liam Dawe | ''Originally called MineClone2, VoxeLibre is a free and open source sandbox game that's inspired by Minecraft and it recently hit a big milestone. This is a game you would play via Luanti (formerly Minetest). As per the official statistics, the game has now been downloaded well over 500,000 times, averaging nearly 1,000 per day over the last month. Pretty incredible for such an open source project, and nice to see it lively with plenty of fans as an alternative to Minecraft. Originally it had a target of sticking to Minecraft 1.12 as its inspiration, but now it's gradually becoming more of its own thing. A former maintainer on the project shared the news in the GamingOnLinux Discord and mentioned some other fun statistics about the game:

Lifetime stats of nearly 8 years of work: - over 3000 issues (69% closed) - over 1600 pull requests (95% closed) Last 12 months: - 7 Releases published - 269 Pull requests merged by 46 users - 75 Pull requests proposed by 21 users - 199 Issues closed from 67 users - 192 Issues created by 44 users - 234 Unresolved Conversations Upcoming release: 87% Completed

Certainly seems like a healthy bit of development going on for it.''

"Jonathan Simkins, Kosai | AnalystANGLE"

Mastering open-source software security in a cloud-native era By | SUZANNE HAYES |

"In a cloud-powered environment, open-source software isn’t just a tool — it’s the fuel that accelerates innovation and promotes transparency. 

But with growing dependency on OSS for the enterprise codebase comes a heightened need for organizations to proactively address cybersecurity risks while better managing the complexities of their open-source software supply chains. To effectively maintain security and operational efficiencies, organizations are looking at new tools and strategies for open-source software security. Kosai Inc. is platform that bridges the gap between open-source software maintainers and enterprise consumers, offering solutions to help organizations secure their open-source ecosystems while minimizing risks, according to Jonathan Simkins, co-founder and chief executive officer of Kosai.

“Our mission at Kosai … is to unleash the potential of open-source software by giving open-source maintainers the opportunity to live off their work and software developers the opportunity to rely on its security,” he said.

In the past, most enterprise applications had at least some open source in it. The primary issue at that time was ensuring licensing compliance."

World’s first electric humanoid robot “Tiangong” goes open source to boost development By | Dimsumdaily Hong Kong |

[...] ''Liu Yizhang, a manager overseeing the Tiangong project, elaborated that the open-source initiative includes two versions: “Tiangong 1.0 LITE” and “Tiangong Pro,” with software development and structural design documents now accessible to researchers.

By the end of this year, the centre plans to release additional open-source structural blueprints, software architecture, and electrical systems.'' [...] ''The robot is capable of navigating various terrains, including slopes, stairs, grass, gravel, and sand. Academics and industry representatives from institutions such as Peking University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology believe that the open-source project could stimulate growth throughout the humanoid robotics supply chain.'' [...]

SAIHEAT Introduces HEATNUC: An Open-Source Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Solution for AI Computing Centers By | GlobeNewswire |

"SAIHEAT Limited (f/k/a SAI.TECH Global Corporation)"

[...] "Pleased to announce the integration of HEATNUC, an advanced Small Modular Reactor (SMR) system dedicated to power AI computing centers. Designed as a stable, high-capacity energy source, HEATNUC addresses the unique power needs of AI-driven infrastructure, providing a solution that traditional renewable and fossil-fuel-based energy sources cannot match. HEATNUC brings together inherent safety, simplified system design, and minimized on-shift manpower requirements, making it an ideal solution for AI centers that demand steady, high-density, clean power. The reactor's modular, integrated design enables rapid deployment, leveraging nuclear power's consistent output alongside innovative technology to lower both the time and cost required for licensing and V&V. Through closed-loop recycling of waste heat from nuclear and AI computing, HEATNUC enhances energy efficiency and supports deployment in remote, harsh environments, from deserts to arctic regions." [...]

"Established the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) to Globally Lead the Strategic Utilization of OSS By | DX & Digital Solution | [...] ''Hitachi OSPO will survey advanced OSS, plan utilization strategies, manage compliance with OSS licenses and other regulations, train advanced engineers, and promote the OSS propagation.'' [...] ''Through these activities, we will solve social issues through open innovation with stakeholders in companies and government agencies,'' [...] "Since our foundation, Hitachi has embraced the corporate philosophy of contributing to society through superior technology.

We have been engaging in collaborative creation with a wide range of stakeholders to address various social challenges and implementing its value in society.

In OSS, we are also promoting open innovation leveraging Hitachi R&D Initiative "Kyōsō-no-Mori" to contribute to community development, as well as implementing OSS in social infrastructures such as finance, public services, and transportation." '' [...]

"a, BiomedGPT focuses primarily on visual and textual inputs, but can also process tabular data through serialization.

CT, computed tomography; EHR, electronic health records; EKG, electrocardiogram; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.

b, Examples of the supported downstream visual-language tasks of BiomedGPT demonstrate its versatility. Additional tasks can be incorporated to meet further clinical needs through lightweight, task-specific fine-tuning. c, Examples of clinically relevant use-cases for BiomedGPT include tasks in which the input consists of both image and text or only text; the model responds to queries (Q) by generating responses (A). Thanks to its unified framework design and comprehensive pretraining on biomedical data, BiomedGPT is highly adaptable and can be applied to a variety of downstream tasks.

BP, blood pressure; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft surgery; CAD, coronary artery disease; ER, estrogen receptor; GnRH, gonadotropin-releasing hormone; HR, heart rate; NRB," [...]

Permiso bolsters open source cloud identity security tools By | Adrian Bridgwater | [...] ''Real-time identity security company has released a suite of three open-source tools to help security teams in firm up their detection capabilities.

The company’s threat research arm known as “P0 Labs” has previously (this year) launched YetiHunter, an open source tool that detects indicators of compromise in Snowflake environments. It has also released CloudGrappler, which queries high-fidelity and single-event detections related to well-known threat actors in popular cloud environments such as AWS and Azure.

Permiso has been incorporated into several open source projects that allow security teams to uplevel their detection capabilities in a variety of different environments.

“The learning curve for detection in the cloud is steep and our goal is to help security teams bolster their detections across their cloud environments without having to purchase commercial software solutions like a SIEM,”said Permiso co-founder and co-CEO Jason Martin.

“We are committed to providing resources that can help the broader security community defend against the TTPs [see below] of modern threat actors.” '' [...]

Whispr: Open-source multi-vault secret injection tool By | Mirko Zorz |

"Whispr is an open-source CLI tool designed to securely inject secrets from secret vaults, such as AWS Secrets Manager and Azure Key Vault, directly into your application’s environment. This enhances secure local software development by seamlessly managing sensitive information.

Whispr key features Safe secret injection: Fetch and inject secrets from your desired vault using HTTPS, SSL encryption, and strict CERT validation. Just In Time (JIT) privilege: Set environment variables for developers only when they’re needed. Secure development: Eliminate plain-text secret storage and ensure a secure development process. Customizable configurations: Configure project-level settings to manage multiple project secrets. No custom scripts required: Whispr eliminates the need for custom bash scripts or cloud CLI tools to manage secrets, making it easy to get started. Easy installation: Cross-platform installation with PyPi. Future plans and download “I created Whispr to improve the developer experience for local software development without storing app secrets in plain text files. Future versions will support AWS parameter store and other equivalents but also take security to the next level by passing secrets as a standard input (instead of environment variables),” Naren Yellavula, the creator of Whispr, told Help Net Security. Whispr is available for free on GitHub."

Why are open source apps usually ugly? By | Elliot Alexander |

''NOTE We're generally talking about FOSS projects managed entirely or largely by the community here. There are open-source projects with corporate sponsors, product managers, etc. Something like Bitwarden or Chromium would be an example of this.''

[...] ''Why are open-source apps ugly? Projects can lack a cohesive vision There are a couple of things we can point to when talking about why open-source apps might not look great. Firstly, open-source apps, especially larger projects like GIMP or OpenOffice, are often worked on over long periods by extended teams of people. This is in contrast to how proprietary apps are sometimes developed inside a business, where there may be teams of designers setting the visual language and product managers setting direction for the overall project while prioritizing features. Design in open-source and community projects is often led by developers themselves, and the natural inclination of many developers is to prioritize features and functionality over design. Instead of design and slick product oversight in a business, direction on community projects is often set by a single maintainer or team of maintainers, responsible for enforcing standards in the project, approving changes, and managing submissions from the community. Good maintainers are essential for leading any serious UI redesign of a big project, for assigning work and managing progress. Maintainers often have "more important" concerns though, including less glamorous traits like preserving backwards compatibility, security, and stability. Bad maintainers can fail to set a direction for the project, with a lack of cohesive vision stalling development.'' [...]

Komfy Kleros Klub (PNK): Welcome to the Komfy Kleros Klub, the thread to discuss all thing Kleros! Kleros is an open source online dispute resolution protocol which uses blockchain and crowdsourcing to fairly adjudicate disputes. Essentially, it is a decentralized arbitration platform. Kleros Yellowpaper v2.0.0: https://kleros.io/yellowpaper.pdf Website: https://kleros.io/ Juror Starter Kit: https://blog.kleros.io/the-kleros-j uror-starter-kit/ FAQ: https://medium.com/kleros/kleros-fr equently-asked-questions-about-peer -to-peer-justice-5a921cb76abe Twitter: https://twitter.com/kleros_io Court video explainer:https://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=vRhD5WnUX3k Promotional videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVL 3ZJ8HNwE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZZ 2ipS-jZw Dispute Scanner: https://klerosboard.com/1/cases Where to buy? Uniswap sirs. Obligatory watching general info https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v5 AcM70RWU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpm D5NUgFtc