A team of computer science students from BITS Pilani‘s Goa campus, led by Sanskriti Dawle and Aman Srivastava, wanted to help visually impaired people in India by teaching them Braille. However, most Braille teaching machines cost in excess of £4000. So,…
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Seven Segments of #RaspberryPi in the Classroom (part 9 – Final part!)
This is the final part of the Seven Segments of Pi series we’ve been running over the past few weeks. A massive Thank You! to Nevil Hunt for taking the time to share his adventures! Part 9 – Have the…
First impressions of the SimPie on the #RaspberryPi
Cyntech have created a new interface device for the Pi called the SimPie. It’s comprised of a handset that connects to the GPIO and features 3 buttons, an RGB LED and a buzzer. Russell Davies got hold of one and has…
Using Plotly to create a graph of dissolved oxygen with the #RaspberryPi
Here’s an interesting one for those of you (like me) who like sensors. Someone’s taken an Atlas Scientific dissolved oxygen sensor and breakout board and connected it up to a Raspberry Pi. The Pi then runs a piece of Python…
New Picademy dates announced for teachers who want to learn more about the #RaspberryPi
Following April’s successful first Picademy, the Raspberry Pi Foundation have announced two further pairs of dates. They are: 16th-17th June and 14th-15th July Applications are now being sought by the Foundation and you are encouraged to make yours here. More…
Dad gets daughters into robotics early by using a #RaspberryPi
Joel Miller wanted to encourage and involve his daughters in robotics… and the oldest is only 3! With a bit of 3D printing (although most of it could have been done by buying the bits) he’s created a custom robot…
Dawn Robotics publishes new #RaspberryPi robot code
Internet retailer Dawn Robotics has released new versions of some of the software for their robot bundle. The update includes a new camera streaming script and a shutdown button for the web interface. It’s well worth looking at their page…
New tutorial from Adafruit uses #RaspberryPi to create Google Glass clone
The good folks over at Adafruit have just published a lengthy tutorial on creating a Google Glass-alike clip on display using a Raspberry Pi. There’s loads of information over on Adafruit and, although it’s not a cheap project, it’s well…
Two weeks of the Pibrella on the #RaspberryPi
Russell Davies (@ukscone) has been using a Pibrella on his Pi for a couple of weeks during which he’s mostly experimented with getting decent sounds out of the buzzer. Read his blog to find out more and see his code.
A Day with the RyanTeck #RaspberryPi Budget Robotics Kit
At the weekend, I had the privilege of taking the RyanTeck Budget Robotics Kit for a test drive. I took pictures as I went along and I’ve now written up my experiences. You can read my full account and review, including…