Greg Betz has been building a digital photo frame powered by a Raspberry Pi which accepts changes remotely. You can read all about his build on his blog.
Category: Internet of things
Streaming Raspberry Pi radio player uses Google Sheet for scheduling
Here’s an interesting Instructable. It’s a 3D-printed radio unit with a Pi inside that reads from a Google Sheet online to determine when it should play. It’s a lovely case, but I expect you can find something pre-fabricated if you…
An internet of things lorry using a Raspberry Pi
Andy Proctor has installed a Raspberry Pi into the cab of his truck so that he can send simple messages back to HQ when certain events occur. You can read more over at the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s blog.
Create an Internet of Things device using Java on the Raspberry Pi
Jose Cruz from Oracle has written a wiring and programming tutorial to read a flame sensor, movement sensor (PIR) and an ultrasonic distance sensor using Java ME 8. Read the tutorial here.
Raspberry Pi controlled wi-fi pottery kiln
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has just posted this on their blog, so I thought I’d share it with you. James Gao and his girlfriend, who is an enthusiastic potter, combined their know-how and skills and created a remote control propane regulator.…
Push notifications to your phone with a Raspberry Pi
Mike Haldas has written a great tutorial which uses free (well, it’s ‘free to get started’, not sure if it’s continually free) online service Instapush to send push notifications to an Android/iOS app on your mobile phone. His example application (for…
Raspberry Pi integrated with Capistrano and a traffic light
Randy Westergren uses Capistrano to deploy projects across multiple server environments. He wanted some way of visualising the deployment process and decided that the best way to go was to get hold of a full-size traffic light and use a…
Professor uses Raspberry Pi as part of an earthquake early-warning system
Berkeley professor Joshua Bloom is part of the beta-testing team for ShakeAlert, an earthquake early warning system. He has used a Raspberry Pi to tap into the data source of the system to provide him with a 5-second warning should…
Internet of Things toilet with the #RaspberryPi
I could just leave the headline like that and people would still follow the link I’m going to give… In fact, I think I’ll do just that! The Foundation has wiped covered it nicely. Read it here.
Behavioural science monitoring on a #RaspberryPi
The Foundation has posted about Katherine Scott‘s work to create a humane rat behavioural monitoring station using a Raspberry Pi. Cute little critters, really. Read more here.