Now here’s a novel idea – a cardboard computer. Well, a cardboard-cased computer… The specs are interesting, though. Rock is a complete redesign of the original APC. With a faster processor, more memory, and best of all – lots of…
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Screenly – Digital signage for #RaspberryPi
Developer Viktor Petersson has created a piece of software called Screenly. Screenly allows you to administer a ‘digital sign’ over a web browser, letting you add images, videos and web-pages to be shown on a loop on a screen connected…
Webcam over 3G with #RaspberryPi
A description of a project to create a security camera for a mountain dwelling 2,000m above sea level. Projects of max246: Webcam over 3G with Raspberry PI.
#RaspberryPI Webcam Server
Good tutorial on getting a webcam working with Motion on the Pi. How To: Raspberry PI Web Cam Server | PingBin.
Hard-Float Enabled Java Embedded on #RaspberryPi [reblog]
Interesting tutorial on getting the Java 8 JDK working on the Pi, but this time with the hard-float stuff working! Quickie Guide Getting Hard-Float Enabled Java Embedded Running on Raspberry Pi (Hinkmond Wong’s Weblog).
Guide to installing applications on the #RaspberryPi [reblog]
An excellent beginners article on installing applications on your Pi. Explains a lot of the terminology and settings required. Everyday Linux User: Everyday Linux User guide to installing applications on the Raspberry PI.
Driving a Relay using #RaspberryPi GPIO
Great tutorial/article about controlling a relay from the Pi. It’s quite an old post (from June 2012) but it does mean that there are loads of comments at the bottom of the post with more information. If you’re interesting in…
element14 agrees new global distribution deal for Raspberry Pi
“Almost one year since the launch of the Raspberry Pi, the global computing phenomenon, element14 has announced it has signed a new distribution contract with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to sell the credit-card sized computer around the world.” The company also announced that…
Start up a dashboard automatically on the Pi [reblog]
A step-by-step guide to get your Pi to login, start up X and load Chromium without the screen going into standby mode. Use your RaspberryPi to power a company dashboard – alexba.in. Might be just the thing I need to…
Adafruit’s Limor Fried wins Entrepreneur of 2012 [reblog]
Extract from GeekBoy.it “For those of you that don’t know the name Limor Fried, you may know her by her community persona of ‘Lady Ada’, the founder of Adafruit industries. Limor runs a $4.5 million business which has 25 employees.…