Kick Out the Jams
From The Bootloader by Paul Cutler and Tod Kurt
February 2, 2026 · 24 min · Season 4 · Episode 29
About this episode
Tod and Paul discuss various technology topics including hacking Flock cameras and Neural Networks in CircuitPython.
In this episode, Tod and Paul discuss hacking Flock cameras, the Adafruit Fruit Jam, Neural Networks in CircuitPython, some bad 3D printing legislation, and more. Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky . We have stickers! Request a free sticker here. (US Only, sorry!) 00:00 Intro 00:17 Flock Camera Hacking This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. 🫥 Breaking the Creepy AI in Police Cameras EFF on Flock 5:46 Naya Connect Naya Connect modular keyboard ZDNet coverage Kickstarter 8:58 ESP32 supports 5GHz Wireless https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2026/01/16/xiao-esp32-c5-5ghz-dual-band-wifi6/ https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/xiao_esp32c5_getting_started/ https://openelab.io/blogs/seeed-studio/a-deep-dive-into-seeed-studio-xiao-esp32-s3-c6-and-c5 13:19 The Adafruit Fruit Jam Adafruit Fruit Jam Hardware Fruit Jam OS Fruit Jam OS includes a number of apps and games, including Breakout, an IRC client, Minesweeper, PyPaint, and more. Retrojam Fruitris , a Tetris clone by Cooper Dalrymple Pac-Wio Zork and the Z Machine by Dan Cogliano Paul’s interview with Dan on The CircuitPython Show Moon Miner Learn Guide Fruit Jam Mac emulator…
People in this episode
Hosts: Paul Cutler, Tod Kurt
Topics covered
- hacking
- cameras
- 3D printing
- Neural Networks
- CircuitPython
- Adafruit
- technology
Keywords
- Flock cameras
- Adafruit
- Neural Networks
- CircuitPython
- 3D printing
- ESP32
- Fruit Jam
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Flock, Adafruit, EFF
Products: Naya Connect, ESP32, Fruit Jam, TensorFlow, PyTorch, EdgeBadge
Books & works: Breakout, Minesweeper, PyPaint, Fruitris, Zork, Moon Miner
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