3Derp has used his 3D printer to create a case for his Raspberry Pi and then added a battery pack, TFT monitor and a Teensy 2.0 to create a beautiful handheld which runs the RetroPie distro. Read more/see more pics…
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Seven Segments of Pi (Part 8)
Part 8 – Count to 10 and Figure Eight My Pi! Last week I talked about the technical and practical challenges of running Raspberry Pi Workshops in schools. This week it’s back to the fun of writing software! It’s about…
Talking C-3PO with a #RaspberryPi
Canada-based Luc Gallant had a problem. It’s a problem that many of us have faced: He has a bust of C-3PO and he wanted to make it talk. So, he took a Raspberry Pi and a few other components and…
Detect WiFi access points using a #RaspberryPi
So you want to do a bit of NSA-style snooping, do you? Well, now the $6000 price tag has been dropped to around £100 by taking a Pi, a wifi adapter and a GPS unit. Some guys over at Hyperion…
Capture screenshots from Minecraft on the #RaspberryPi
Matt Hawkins, of Raspberry Pi Spy, has worked out how to take screenshots of Minecraft Pi Edition. The previously tried utility, scrot, was unable to capture from the 3D game whereas the new tool, raspi2png manages it. Read more on…
Spud in Space with a #RaspberryPi
Dave Akerman’s been at it again with his high altitude ballooning. This time, he launched a potato into space for Heston Blumenthal! You can read more about the launch over on Dave’s blog or catch up with the episode on…
Build a pan/tilt mechanism for your #RaspberryPi camera out of wood
Over on ScrapToPower.co.uk, they’ve done a lengthy tutorial for those of you who like working with wood and don’t mind a bit of DIY. It’s a pan/tilt mechanism that uses stepper motors and ULN2003 driver boards to make the parts…
#RaspberryPi used for monitoring penguins in Antartica
Way back in September last year, I covered a story on Cambridge Consultants, the Zoological Society of London, and their use of the Raspberry Pi in conservation and preservation in Kenya. Since January this year, they have used the same…
Issue 23 of The MagPi for the #RaspberryPi is out now
With a special feature on the just-released Sonic Pi v2, issue 23 of The MagPi has just been launched. Here’s a summary of what’s in it taken from their site: It’s party time here at The MagPi towers, celebrating our…
Sonic Pi v2 for the #RaspberryPi
The title says it all, really. Release candidate 1 of the newest version of Sonic Pi is now out and available for download from the Sonic Pi website. If you’re interested in making music with the Pi, or you’ve tried…