My first guess was that they used an external brick for the power supply with a relatively low output voltage--that would eliminate a lot of the CE test load. However, a cursory glance at the product photos suggests the power supply sits within the base of the lamp. Maybe the product developer can shed some more light on this. ;-)

That would certainly make certification easier, but as I suspect you understand, wouldnt achieve it alone.

Even if every component was CE qualified, the combination would have to pass its own testing, plus there are a lot more to the standards than just not electrocuting you immediately upon contact.

I can't see any of the energy efficiency labelling that would be required in the UK or EU for example...

1. there's no official mention of any CE / FCC certification

2. I asked shortly after the author offered to answer questions, but there was no response

I'm starting to wonder if this project maybe just shipped without CE / FCC certification because they didn't know it would be required.

In the absence of any evidence to the contrary it certainly seems likely.

Pretty concerning for such a high power device.

Cells specialize based on the presence of certain chemical gradients, for example. These types of 'signals' that guide specialization already become apparent in a very early stage of embryonic development. I don't think that's part of the realm of epigenetics.

I read it in a book called The Epigenetics Revolution, so I'm going to stick with what the author wrote there.

I can’t imagine anyone in my environment becoming really angry over this. Some of them would have to find new time sinks though—-hopefully ones that actually benefit them instead of turning them into commodities.

Don’t agree with this take; software doesn’t need repairs when you drop your phone, when it is submerged, when it is charged/discharged daily for a few years, and so on. Freedom to use your hardware however you like is more of an ideological discussion, whereas repairs are simply necessary due to the unavoidable wear-and-tear.

I think that replacing your software after it stops getting security and feature updates and loses compatibility with apps extends the longevity of your phone's life and creates less e-waste. I used my old OnePlus 6 for longer than I would have if the software couldn't have been replaced because I could install a custom ROM on it.

If we assume the indicated 400 W load with a total processing time of 20 s per user query, and 20 mio queries per day (‘daily users’), shouldn’t the daily consumption be closer to 44 kWh? (20 mio x 0.4 kW x 20 s / 3600 s/h) Other than that, the energy use for LLMs is obviously substantial. I seem to remember that the operating costs should be fairly evenly split between hardware (i.e., GPU) depreciation and energy costs.