Randomly, from Slashdot today, a story about running Doom on a chip out of an LED lightbulb.
The system runs a downsized version of Doom that requires less RAM. The chip from the Ikea lamp has enough processing power to play the game at 35 frames per second over a cheap 160-by-128-pixel display.
Remember when Doom was used as a benchmark so you could brag how awesome your PC was? Now it can run on part of a lightbulb that costs $15 at Ikea.
Kinda makes me wonder what else an enterprising lad could fit in a cheap lightbulb. Microphone? Camera? Internet connection via Ethernet over powerline?
You can see an esp32 board there which does WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. This appears to be one of those remote controllable smart bulbs with a website you can activate to turn it on and off. Yep something else that can be booted against you.
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