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Sebastian Staacks
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Physicist, father, nerd. | Developer of phyphox | Creating stuff on there.oughta.be
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Sebastian Staacks @there.oughta.be · Dec 30
In case you missed it: My #37c3 talk is now online: media.ccc.de/v/37c3-11928...

Thank you all for the warm welcome and all the fun discussions before and after the talk!
Screenshot from the talk recording, showing a slide and the speaker to the right. The slide shows a Game Boy along with a live image from a Game Boy.
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Maybe not my greatest project, but this just had to be done: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tp1...

#lego #GameBoy
How to add a display to the Lego Game Boy (72046)
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October 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Kudos to whoever relabeled our elevator call buttons.
Detail shot of a metal control panel for calling an elevator. From top to bottom there is a warning sign about not using the elevator during a fire, followed by the call button to go up, the call button to go down and a written form about not using the elevator during a fire (in German). The call buttons for up and down have been covered by a well fitted printout replacing the original up/down arrows with lower-case script versions of the letter "a" with an accent circonflexe above. The upper of the two new labels also has a dagger symbol as a superscript. (For those who would get the joke but can not follow the typographic description: It is the raising and lowering operators as used in quantum mechanics.)
August 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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For users of my α-remote app:
I just released a new beta on the Play Store to test new features.

- Combine bulb and intervalometer function
- Show video recording duration in the app
- Several fixes and improvements

If you want to test it, join the public beta test on the app's Play Store page.
August 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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This is the #GameBoy Photo Booth for my cousin's wedding. It records from a Game Boy Camera and lets the guests print a souvenir on a Game Boy Printer.

Blog: there.oughta.be/a/game-boy-p...

(Yes, another cousin, another photo/video booth.)
July 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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14kP vs. 24MP
A photo of a blue Game Boy Pocket, a green Game Boy Camera and a Sony Alpha 6400 system camera. All three are mounted above the top frame of a screen which is almost outside the photo at the bottom. The Sony camera's screen is flipped up and shows a preview of someone taking a picture with a smartphone. The Game Boy's screen is hard to make out because of a reflection, but it clearly shows a preview of the Game Boy Camera's image, showing roughly the same scene as the Sony camera.
April 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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I finally have a use for the GB Interceptor's extension board.
The photo shows a laptop, a Game Boy Pocket and a Game Boy Camera on a table. The Game Boy Camera is held up by a hand and connected to the Game Boy Pocket through a long ribbon cable. The top of a GB Interceptor board is sticking out from the Game Boy Pocket, which is connected to the Laptop through a USB cable. The Game Boy Pocket and the laptop both show the same image of the Game Boy Camera's view of me smiling at the camera.
April 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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It's talking to me. That's a good start.
The photo shows the screen of a digital oscilloscope. On the screen three three signals are visible, labelled CLK, MOSI and MISO. Alls show digital patterns with a peak to peak voltage of about 5V and in 8 bit groups that last about 1 millisecond each. Below the signals is the result of SPI decoding, showing hex values for the MISO and MOSI signals. MOSI data is 0x88 0x33 0x0f 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0f 0x00 0x00 0x00. MISO data is 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x81 0x00.
April 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Just spent a day debugging an OpenGL performance issue in phyphox to eventually find that it is caused by my Pixel 6 overheating atypically in any GPU-heavy application (see benchmark).

Anyone ever experienced something like this? Not sure if it's time for some "exploratory surgery" or an upgrade.
This is a screenshot from a benchmark app, showing a total score of 3029 for my Pixel 6. It also shows a histogram of how many other Pixel 6 devices have achieved which scores, most of which score in the range of 5000 to 7000. It also shows that my score is better than only 2% of the recorded Pixel 6 scores.
April 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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There oughta be.... a way to USB video stream #MegaDuck console gameplay too!

Modified the firmware for the GB Interceptor device by @there.oughta.be to do that. Connecting the device requires a #GameBoy to Mega Duck cart slot adapter.

github.com/bbbbbr/megad...

#retrodev
January 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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I can't believe i'm getting paid for this :)

youtu.be/VBNgNMhrT0Q
Measuring Roller Coaster Acceleration with a Phone (en)
YouTube video by phyphox
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January 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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My Game Boy Slideshow ROM Generator is now available at there.oughta.be/a/game-boy-s...

#gameboy #retrogaming
January 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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My Game Boy slideshow generator is almost complete. Just drag and drop some images into it and download a ROM for your Game Boys without installing anything. It runs locally in any modern browser.

Give me a few days to wrap it up and make a little YT video.

#gameboy #retrogaming
January 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Is there a simple tool to create a Game Boy ROM with a slide show of custom pictures? #retrogaming #gameboy
December 26, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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This was just supposed to be a present for my parents and then things got out of hand... Happy holidays everyone :)
December 20, 2024 at 10:03 AM
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I finally released my Bluetooth remote app for #SonyAlpha cameras. It just pops up whenever you turn on your camera without the usual hassle of setting up the Wifi remote.

It's #FOSS, so get it for free on F-Droid or Google Play (Android 12+). Links on my blog at there.oughta.be/a/bluetooth-...
December 7, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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Anyone with a Bluetooth-enabled Sony camera interested in testing my new remote control app? So far I have only tried my a6400...
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November 6, 2024 at 12:00 AM
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Who would've thunk that the GB Interceptor would facilitate the world's first live stream from a Game Boy Camera with a freakin' ANAMORPHIC LENS!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFZw...
PL Mount Gameboy???
Our favorite Atlas employee did something silly. We tore apart a Gameboy Camera from 1998 to make it compatible with our professional Orion Series anamorphi...
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July 2, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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Our peach tree seems to believe that gravity is something that happens to other plants.
Photo of the top-most branch of a peach tree with a still small peach growing upwards at the very top. (Details: Two larger branches are visible that have been cut off and the visible part has very few leafs. The tree has been sick for several years now and is actually beginning to grow peaches and a somewhat dense leafage again.)
May 17, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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My 3yo just showed me his banana peeling machine. Banana goes in at the top, peeled banana comes out at the front.

I am so proud of his overengineering skills!
Photo of a Lego contraption with a lego banana sticking out of the top and another banana sticking out at the front.
May 7, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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Go home Google, you're drunk!
Screenshot of Google Maps showing an automatically added parking location in Kazakhstan.
April 28, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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I am speechless. That thumbnail alone made my day! Not even sure if I am now promoting his channel or myself with this post 😂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy4D...
April 5, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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Is the Retention Enforcement Service a special branch of the Time Variance Authority?

(TIL: When you're not sure if you dozed off to #loki or the #influxdb docs it's time to go to bed...)
January 15, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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That #raspberrypi 2 was my LED cube which I eventually turned into an artificial fire. The ash was probably blown back through the chimney on windy days. (Looks more convincing when it is darker and in motion.)
Photo of LED panels showing a fire in a wood stove.
January 14, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Did not expect that much ash. But that relentless little #raspberrypi 2 did its job without complaining.

Want to guess what that job is?
Photo of a Raspberry Pi 2 attached with a few cables to additional electronics. Everything is covered in a thick layer of ash.
January 14, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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Huh? Is it because of the unusual resolution? An aspect ratio of 10:9 is perfectly normal, isn't it?

So, my #samsung TV and an obscure Android App are currently the only two things I know to be incompatible with the GB Interceptor.

(Also, I find your lack of space after the period disturbing.)
Photo of an error message on the screen of a TV. The message reads: GB Interceptor The device is not currently supported. The supported cameras are Logitech C920, C922, C925, C930, StreamCam, Samsung SC-FD100B, Samsung SlimFit Cam, etc. For more information, search for your TV USB Camera model at samsung.com/support and refer to the USB camera manual in the product manual list.
January 5, 2024 at 9:51 PM