There have been several Raspberry Pi-powered mobile phone builds over the past few years (Tyler Spadgenske and David Hunt) but none have used the Pi Zero… until now. (Cue dramatic music). Arsenijs from Latvia has created the ZeroPhone, and he reckons it…
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Accio Raspberry Pi! Control a gesture-sensitive lamp with a Harry Potter wand
This is the second Harry Potter project in as many days! See yesterday’s Daily Prophet animated picture frame here. Sean O’Brien from Make has taken a Raspberry Pi and a Particle Internet Button and embedded them inside a lamp base. Also…
Raspberry Pi Foundation launches first Pioneers theme – Comedy!
The Foundation have just announced the first theme for their Pioneers scheme – comedy! That’s right, teams must develop and hack together something which will make people laugh! Pioneers is the Foundation’s latest attempt to engage with young makers. The scheme is…
Great woodwork makes this Raspberry Pi / Spotify jukebox
justthatoneotherdude, building on work from auntie-matter, has created a lovely, wooden jukebox with a Raspberry Pi at the centre. There are 5 knobs controlling playlists and volume and the Pi itself is running the Volumio operating system. There are ‘runner’…
Make a stringed instrument with the Raspberry Pi
Instructables user TakTik02 has developed a musical instrument using the Raspberry Pi, some electric cords, a winder and some polystyrene. Together with some other small components, he’s used an MCP3008 to convert the analog signal for the Pi. Take a…
Cosmetics case revealed to be a Raspberry Pi pen-testing kit
Naomi Wu, aka SexyCyborg, has created a fabulous cosmetics case which conceals within it a penetration test kit driven by a Raspberry Pi running Kali Linux. Called the Pi Palette, it is a 3D-printed (rather large) box which looks to…
Table-top Tetris game from York uses a Raspberry Pi 2 for retro gaming goodness
John Cooper from York Hackspace has created a tabletop Tetris game for their space. It uses a Raspberry Pi 2 to control strips of Neopixel-like LEDs which sit in little foam cube holes beneath the translucent tabletop surface. It’s low-resolution but it…
South African group relies on Raspberry Pi to deliver their album… from a cliff-face
South African group Bateleur decided that simply purchasing their latest album from iTunes was too easy. So, they took a Raspberry Pi, uploaded their album to it and set it to transfer the files to a USB stick when a “secret whistle” was…
Drawing your attention to a ridiculously useful Raspberry Pi site: pinout.xyz
Phil Howard, who works for awesome maker firm Pimoroni, has a pet project he and others (including @RogueHal13) have been working on for a couple of years now: pinout.xyz. It is a fantastic database of add-on boards for the Raspberry Pi…
Nixie Tube tweet photographer using a Raspberry Pi
Wotcher @recantha here’s your pic. pic.twitter.com/U7rJmJGUKM — Neon Clock Tweet Bot (@NixieBot) December 1, 2016 Robin Bussell has created a Nixie Tube clock that listens out for a Twitter hashtag (#NixieBotShowMe) and then displays the tweet text on the tubes.…