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…
Author: Chris
I led software projects in Germany and on-site in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, China and India. My work spanned anti-fraud systems for banks, payment platforms, credit and debit card issuing, high-traffic magazine websites and Industry 4.0. 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, off-grid LLMs and AIoT. I hold a Diplom-Informatiker Univ. degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Munich.
“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 CEO Jason Huang, at the GPU Tech Conference (GTC) keynote in March 2026 Others warn that it could be the “The world’s most dangerous…
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,…
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 scenarios, go with Meshtastic. But if you want to use LoRa…
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…