Big trouble in the MeshCore paradise — or just sensationalism, with nothing really changing except a new project name and yet another new project homepage domain on the horizon? May 2026 Update on MeshCore Trademark dispute One contributor allegedly did not coordinate with the founding MeshCore development core team and applied for the UK (United…
Author: Chris
I led software projects in Germany and on-site in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, China and India. My work experience started with Unix Systems software development at Siemens and continued with development management of anti-fraud systems for banks, payment platforms, credit and debit card issuing, high-traffic magazine websites and Industry 4.0 for sound customers at other software companies. I conducted technical due diligence for M&A transactions at companies featured on public TV and was the co-founder of CharterCheck.com. I worked with AWS IoT and was a speaker at an IoT conference on "Best practices for successful industrial IoT projects".
I’m particularly interested in cloud-independent AI and Digital Sovereignty, experimenting with OpenClaw and Agentic AI, off-grid LLMs and AIoT. I hold a Diplom-Informatiker Univ. degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Munich.
Which tourist attractions are actually worth visiting tomorrow, considering the weather, travel times, opening hours, and everyone’s interests? Who is coordinating reservations, routes, tickets, and transportation for the group? And at the end of the trip: how do we fairly settle all shared expenses without manually calculating dozens of payments? These seemingly simple questions become…
While testing open-source Gemma-4 and Qwen 3.6 large language models (LLMs) for my hobbyist OpenClaw setup, I was both amazed and genuinely alarmed by the sheer power of their AI image analysis. Just a few weeks after OpenClaw went viral, the “cloud-first AI” era was disrupted when Google published the powerful, resource-efficient, and open-source Gemma-4…
After the first part of the interview looking into the past of OpenELAB, we will more look into the future and emerging and future trends of DIY electronics in the second part. I will continue with the exclusive interview with European OpenELAB Founder and Managing Director, Ping Chen. This is the second part of the…
“OpenClaw is definitely the next ChatGPT” “OpenClaw has open sourced the Operating System of agentic computers“ “Every single software company in the world today has to have an OpenClaw strategy” NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang, at the GPU Tech Conference (GTC) keynote in March 2026 Others warn that it could be the “The world’s…
Located in the heart of Munich’s technology scene, OpenELAB in Germany is part of the growing European maker ecosystem, offering technology equipment for makers, educators, engineers, and Universities. As a Munich local and fan of their hobbyist hardware, I wanted to go behind the storefront. I’m thrilled to announce that I sat down for an…
When Things Wake Up: The Silent Threat of the AIoT Revolution I felt encouraged to write this article after listening to a recent interview with 2018 Turing Award recipient Yoshua Bengio about the catastrophic risks of AI. After the title about how AIoT might turn your fridge into a potential spy has caught your attention,…
May 2026 Update on MeshCore Trademark and AI Vibe Coding disputes Practical test: When to use which system In my practical tests, a clear distinction emerged between the two systems, which is often lost in the technical data sheets. My personal conclusion after three months of testing: If you just want to communicate in ad-hoc…
Why Meshtastic is superior to traditional Public Mobile Radio (PMR) in a blackout The key advantage of Meshtastic nodes compared to Public Mobile Radio (PMR) aka “walkie talkies” lies in the mesh principle and asynchronous communication. While I have to be reachable in real time with a PMR audio device, the Meshtastic text message is…
The article highlights two standalone LoRa mesh communication devices that work with Meshtastic and MeshCore. The Lilygo T-Deck Pro stands out as a premium handheld with a built-in full keyboard and display, designed for “premium standalone use“. Seeed’s Wio Tracker L1 Pro is a very compact handheld for standalone messaging and its 5-way joystick acts…