HardwareHacker News3 days ago
RIP software hackathons. Long live the hardware hackathon
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A two-person team at a Vilnius hackathon wired a Raspberry Pi into an old rotary phone, controlling audio, bell ringer, and hangup via a single websocket. An AI agent with ElevenLabs voice handled Spotify requests. Neither teammate wrote any code, shifting focus from software to hardware integration.
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