Prajakta Bhambare has designed a weatherproof case for the Raspberry Pi that you can 3D-print. You’ll need to get things like the waterproof rubber seal yourself, but it’s a great idea if you want to set-up a security or nature camera.…
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Hardcore 3D printed retro gaming console with a Raspberry Pi
James Drachenberg, founder of Dragon Mountain Design decided he wanted to build his own “Gameboy” retro gaming console. He decided, though, to 3D-print his case and make it a bit different to the norm, as you can see from the picture.…
Pip-Boy 3000 Mark IV can take a Raspberry Pi
Yvo de Haas at Ytec3D previously worked on the Pip-Boy 3000 which was a wearable personal assistance device inspired by a device with the same name from the Fallout series of computer games. With the advent of Fallout 4 being announced,…
3D printed Raspberry Pi instant thermal printing camera
Arvid Larsson has always been fascinated by Polaroid cameras, and considered buying one. Then he worked out how much each print costs! So, he took a Raspberry Pi, a camera module and a thermal printer and made his own. A…
10 best Raspberry Pi cases to 3D print
I don’t normally go in for “top 10” lists as they are a bit click-bait-y. But this one made me smile, so I thought I would share it. It’s a list of 10 3D-printable cases for the Pi complete with links…
3D printed portable Raspberry Pi games console
I’ve featured a few of these before, but this one looks particularly nice. Rasmus Hauschild is 14 years old and from Denmark. He has created a portable retro games console with the Pi and some nifty 3D printing. He has posted up…
BB-8 droid comes to life with the aid of a Raspberry Pi
A team from Sparkfun have created a full-sized prototype replica of the BB-8 droid from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Inside the sphere is a Raspberry Pi which provides the ‘brains’ for the robot. The team, comprised of Pamela Cortez,…
Naturebytes Wildlife Camera kit – watch wildlife with the Raspberry Pi
This is a nicely thought-out Kickstarter which puts the Raspberry Pi Camera Module to good use to capture pictures of wildlife. The unit comes in a weatherproof case with holes in the front for the camera lens and a PIR…
Mini Raspberry Pi handheld computer
The Ruiz Brothers have published a new tutorial on the Adafruit website. This tutorial shows you how to create a handheld Raspberry Pi computer using a 3.5″ PiTFT screen, a mini wireless keyboard and a LIPO battery. It’s rather nifty and…
3D mapping on the Raspberry Pi
Back in February, the Foundation published a blog post about Tangram ES which an open source map-rendering engine from Mapzen. Mapzen has now gone one further and developed an example app which displays a three-dimensional map and ties it into…