James Mitchell, who runs the Berlin Raspberry Jam, decided that he wanted to indulge his obsession of photographing the moon. So, he took a Pi Camera Module, removed the lens and attached it to a 3D printed mount onto which he…
Category: 3D printing
Tiny Gameboy-style device with a Raspberry Pi Zero inside
Rasmus Hauschild from Denmark was 14 years old when I previously featured another build of his on the blog. This time he has gone small with a 3D-printed Gameboy case running RetroPie called Pi Zero Gameboy Nano. Inside is a Raspberry Pi…
Nintendo GameCube with a Raspberry Pi inside
Andreas Jabs from Germany has taken an old GameCube and retro-fitted it with a Raspberry Pi 2. He has brought the Pi’s USB ports to the front of the case so that he can attach various controllers and has 3D…
Swarming robot boats powered by Raspberry Pis
Dr Anders Lyhne Christensen, from BioMachines Lab of the Institute of Telecommunications in Portugal has developed a swarm of aquatic robots and they are all powered by Raspberry Pis. They communicate with each other over an adhoc wireless network. The boats…
Raspberry Pi releases 3D printing files for the Astro Pi flight case
Apologies for getting to this late – Raspberry Pi Big Birthday Weekend jobs have been stacking up, so priorities… Raspberry Pi has released the STL files and a tutorial that will allow you to 3D-print your own version of the…
3D printed Half Life turret will have a Raspberry Pi brain
A very clever chap over at SolderChips is currently designing and 3D-printing a scale replica of a Half Life 2 sentry gun/turret. A Raspberry Pi will be used to do facial image recognition and then tell an Arduino to control some servos…
Free 3D modelling app for the Raspberry Pi
3D Slash, based in France, has just released a free version of their 3D modelling app (also called 3D Slash) to download on their website. You need to register but once you have you have access to this point-and-click software…
Raspberry Pi controls open-source floating robot
Here’s an interesting open-source robot. It’s made up of 3D-printed parts and a tyre tube and uses a Raspberry Pi to control brushless motors beneath the water which propel it along. Take a look at the 3D printable parts here,…
Gorgeous Game Boy clone made using a Raspberry Pi 2
Cristov wanted an authentic 80s gameplay experience and so set about creating a Game Boy clone. He used a Raspberry Pi, three custom circuit boards, a 3.5″ TFT screen and actual Game Boy parts for the controls. You can see…
Raspberry Pi captures footage of rocket launch in USA
The Portland State Aerospace Society launched a rocket 3 miles straight up on the 19th July from the Oregon desert. Eventually, at around Mach 1, the 3D printed housing cracked and the camera fell out, but the footage up to…