Welcome back to IoT Forge Unplugged #19 — your weekly shot of innovation, weirdness, and “wait, that’s real?” moments at the edge of IoT, AI, and robotics.
🎧 In This Episode:
🎂 Home Assistant Turns 12 — Open-source automation that just won’t quit. Twelve years of growth, evolution, and DIY resilience.
🤖 Humanoid Security Breach — Unitree G1 bots phoning home to China every five minutes (yes, really).
🧠 MIT x Toyota’s AI Simulation Worlds — Diffusion models that build physics-aware virtual training spaces for robots.
❤️ WiFi Heart Monitors — UC Santa Cruz engineers create Pulse-Fi: real-time heart rate detection using only WiFi signals and an ESP32.
From open-source milestones to eerie robot behavior and boundary-pushing AI, this episode connects the dots between trust, security, and creativity in the IoT world.
💬 What story shocked you the most — the humanoid that phones home or WiFi heart rate detection? Drop your take in the comments!
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