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Hobbyist reprograms Meta Muse Gadget devkit (Waveshare ESP32‑S3) using Anthropic Claude
A hobbyist bought a $50 Waveshare ESP32‑S3 1.75-inch touchscreen devkit — one of Meta’s suggested Muse Gadget devices — paired it with the Muse phone app, and used Anthropic’s Claude to add features such as readable conversation history, a British AI voice via ElevenLabs, a camera remote/preview, a Tamagotchi‑style minigame, and a functional watch face. The experiment highlights Muse’s current UX and reliability limits (slow/cloud lag, limited avatars, lack of smart‑home discovery) and flags privacy concerns about connecting home networks to AI services.
KEY POINTS
- A hobbyist bought a $50 Waveshare ESP32‑S3 1.75-inch touchscreen devkit — one of Meta’s suggested Muse Gadget devices — paired it with the Muse phone app, and used Anthropic’s Claude to add features such as readable conversation history, a British AI voice via ElevenLabs, a camera remote/preview, a Tamagotchi‑style minigame, and a functional watch face.
- The experiment highlights Muse’s current UX and reliability limits (slow/cloud lag, limited avatars, lack of smart‑home discovery) and flags privacy concerns about connecting home networks to AI services.
- Shows how Meta’s open Muse platform and third‑party LLMs enable rapid hardware customization while exposing latency, functionality gaps, and privacy risks for consumer AI gadgets.
WHY IT MATTERS
Shows how Meta’s open Muse platform and third‑party LLMs enable rapid hardware customization while exposing latency, functionality gaps, and privacy risks for consumer AI gadgets.