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Program in Minecraft on the #RaspberryPi using Javascript
Ireland-based programmer Walter Higgins has created ScriptCraft, a Minecraft mod that allows you to program inside Minecraft using Javascript. It uses a version of the Minecraft server modded using CraftBukkit. There’s more information and instructions on Walter’s GitHub including how…
Quick, positive review of @cisecoplc RasWIK on the #RaspberryPi
@smstext got a RasWIK (Wireless Inventor’s Kit) for Christmas and has been doing some experiments with it. He’s written a short, but positive review of the kit here.
An Atari Asteroids controller for the #RaspberryPi
I love retro projects (as evidenced by Daniel Bull’s recent guest post) and this one is great. Tim Bartlett has created his own arcade case and added arcade buttons and a Raspberry Pi to be able play the old Atari…
Use the #RaspberryPi GPIO with the Wolfram language
Arnoud Buzing of Wolfram has written a short forum post on how to write to the GPIO using the Wolfram language that is now available for the Raspberry Pi. Read more here
Use the Pi-Lite with Node-RED on the #RaspberryPi
Chris Swan has been working with Node-RED and has worked out how to simply integrate it with the Ciseco Pi-Lite through the serial port. Read more here.
Review of the U-Create #RaspberryPi starter kit
James Floyd Kelly has been sent the new £99 U-Create Raspberry Pi Deluxe All-In-One Starter Kit that is available from CPC/Farnell. He’s given it a very positive review which you can read here. It contains everything you need to get…
Mono 3.2.7 with hard float support on the #RaspberryPi
Chris Mobberley and Alex Petersen have been working hard to get a hard-float optimised version of Mono working on the Pi. Mono is a .Net platform which includes a C# compiler and common language runtime. You can read more here about…
Internet radio project using a #RaspberryPi made out of discarded tech
Giles Booth (and his kids) have taken an old USB audio input/output box and made an internet radio out of it. He’s now added a button to it to change the station. Read more about the project here and here.
Pairing the #RaspberryPi with a Parallella board
Shodruky Rhyammer has taken a Parallella board and linked it via ethernet cable to a Raspberry Pi. He’s then used the Parallella’s processor to do the number crunching and the Pi to do graphics processing to create a much more…