Alexandru Csete has taken the camera module and a DVB-T modulator and created an HDTV transmitter. Read how he did it here.
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DiceBot: a Twitter-controller dice roller powered by a #RaspberryPi
Dave Naffis over at Intridea has blogged about their new contraption: an automated dice roller that reads in tweets, looks for a hashtag and then rolls two dice inside an ancient dice game using a motor. It then uses the…
#RaspberryPi’s Eben Upton named as a Hero of Fortune 500
The Heroes of the Fortune 500 recognizes 50 employees of Fortune 500 companies that use their professional skills and expertise to actively participate in their local communities and they’ve chosen Eben Upton as one of them. Here’s an excerpt from the…
Win a #RaspberryPi with Lincoln Binns
Case manufacturer Lincoln Binns recently launched a new case for the Pi and is now running a competition to win a whole host of goodies: Lincoln Binns Pi case Raspberry Pi & 8GB NOOBS SD card PSU HDMI cable WiPi dongle…
Lunar phase clock uses the #RaspberryPi for something beautiful
The Raspberry Pi Foundation have covered Aleator777’s work to create a lunar phase clock. This is a lovely piece of work that uses John Conway’s lunar phase algorithm. All the computation and control of lights is done using the Pi. You…
New robot kit for the #RaspberryPi
Simon Monk has launched a new robot kit based around the Pi. It includes the following for £55: a robot chassis, including two gearmotors, two wheels and a 6 x AA battery holder. a RaspiRobot Board v2 (RRB2) that plugs…
#RaspberryPi powered arcade coin dozer game
SoggyBunz has lashed together an arcade-style coin dozer game using a Raspberry Pi and the shell of a Macintosh Plus. He uses a servo to activate an acrylic plate that moves back and forth, pushing coins over the edge. Read…
See a typical lesson (with adults) with the #RaspberryPi
In this video, you can see teacher Alan O’Donohoe at the Manchester Raspberry Jamboree ‘teach’ a roomful of educators how to use a Raspberry Pi. This gives a great insight into some of the typical challenges you might face as a…
Stripped down #RaspberryPi brings new life to Gameboy
Travis Brown has taken an old Gameboy and squeezed inside a stripped-down Raspberry Pi, a composite screen, a battery and several smaller components and created a beautiful retro gaming device. His full account of the build including loads of photographs…
A completely new musical instrument powered by a #RaspberryPi
I’ve just seen this over on the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s blog and I just had to share it with you just in case you’re not following them (which you should!) David Sharples from the University of Pennsylvania needed a subject for…