Here’s something for any Northerners out there. Very North! RiYa has written a script for his Pi that interprets data from NOAA to predict the appearance of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). Read how he did it here
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#RaspberryPi steampunk-inspired goggles display
John Ohno has disassembled a head-mounted display, hooked up the Pi’s composite video output and fixed the display into a pair of steampunk goggles. It’s an awesome-looking project (though I suspect quite uncomfortable to wear!) Read about the build here
Hijacking a Robosapien with a #RaspberryPi
Element14 blogger ’emotep’ has taken an old Robosapien robot and converted it for use with the Raspberry Pi and a LIRC infrared dongle. It’s a great project because it shows that you can recycle your old tech with a Pi…
RasPi.TV develops touchscreen version of #RaspberryPi camcorder
Alex Eames has been busy working out how to use a small touchscreen he got from someone on the Raspberry Pi Forum. He’s finally got it to display the feed from the camera module following their instructions. Read more here
Fixing a broken SD card slot on the #RaspberryPi
Nice tutorial over at smstextblog – how to cleanly and neatly repair your Pi’s SD card slot with a £3 replacement. As he says, much better than ditching the Pi! Read how he did it here
Create a #RaspberryPi touchscreen camera with Adafruit
Adafruit’s posted a fantastic tutorial on using the Pi and a PiTFT touchscreen to create a full touchscreen camera. As they admit, it’s unlikely to replace your ‘proper’ camera or even your smartphone, but it’s a great project to do…
Unite Arduino shields and the #RaspberryPi with the Arduberry
Dexter Industries, creators of the excellent BrickPi and GrovePi have started a Kickstarter to raise funds for the “Arduberry”. Here is some blurb from the KS campaign page: The Arduberry is a simple and inexpensive way to bring Arduino shields…
#RaspberryPi-powered t-shirt cannon
Yes, you read that right. A cannon that fires t-shirts. Controlled by a Pi. Very cool. Very silly. Read about it here
Creating a robot with the #RaspberryPi and an #Arduino
Arnaud Boudou has written up his project to create a robot (RaspiDuinoRover) using a Raspberry Pi hooked up to an Arduino and some other bits and pieces. Included in this project is a DIY light source for the camera. Great…
Block browser ads using your #RaspberryPi as a proxy
Chris Mobberley has figured out how to use a piece of software called Privoxy to handle the stripping of pop-up ads from web pages. Read how he did it here