Build Awesome's Kickstarter was cancelled/rescheduled after launch email issues, despite initial funding success. The author isn't against the project itself (replacing 11ty), but criticizes its monetization strategy, citing past failures. The article also notes the end of Eleventy/Font Awesome rebrand & suggests alternatives (Astro, Pelican, Zola, bashblog), advocating for support of smaller open-source projects & diversified contributions.
Sipeed’s MaixCAM2 is a powerful, open-source AI camera designed for makers, offering significant performance improvements over Raspberry Pi and OpenMV solutions. It features the Axera Tech AX630 AI SoC with up to 12.8 TOPS and supports training-free vision models and vision-language models.
The article announces the launch of the OpenMV AE3 and N6 cameras on Kickstarter. These cameras feature onboard AI acceleration for computer vision applications, making them suitable for various Edge AI tasks. The AE3 is a compact, efficient device with dual NPU cores, while the N6 offers higher performance with a larger form factor and more features.
