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Card 166 of 9992026-08-31 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-08-31

Newsheen, the Hacker Cat Lamp

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Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

Newsheen is a translucent cat lamp built around an ESP32-S3 puck that can run different firmware personalities and hardware add-ons.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-31 issue.

Field notes

Newsheen uses an ESP32-S3 puck with eight addressable LEDs, a button, native USB-C, and expansion headers inside a translucent silicone lamp. Its browser flasher writes complete .bin images at offset 0x0 and verifies published hashes before writing. Optional hardware includes a Seeed Wio-SX1262 for 915 MHz radio work, while other documented builds use an I²S microphone, IR receiver, or MAX98357A amplifier and speaker.

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ProPolished or operationally mature
NicheUnusually specific use

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