Zach has been working on a project to create a standalone Pandora streaming player with a Raspberry Pi. He’s written the project up as a tutorial on his blog. Read more here
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#RaspberryPi now available more easily in Turkey
The Foundation has, quite rightly, been trying to get the Pi into as many countries as possible. In some European countries, import tax makes buying them from RS/Farnell cost-prohibitive. To fix this problem in Turkey, the Foundation has reached a…
Wireless freezer monitor with a #RaspberryPi
Malakai at Raspbians has written a great tutorial that tells you how to create a wireless freezer monitor system using a Raspberry Pi and some bits and pieces for about £35 (not including the Pi itself). Read the tutorial here
Early draft of Python programming uses Minecraft on the #RaspberryPi
Craig Richardson has been working on a book in which programming is taught using Python and then utilised in the visual environment of the Pi edition of Minecraft. This yet-to-be-finished book was featured on the Foundation website a couple of…
Capacitive touch potatoes on the #RaspberryPi
Craig at Arghbox has written a tutorial that allows you to build a potato-driven interface. By utilising a touch-capacitance sensor from Adafruit and plugging wires into potatoes, the system can determine whether or not you are touching the potato! Read…
New Kickstarter – Mini-ITX Motherboard for the #RaspberryPi
Here’s a neat little Kickstarter. It’s a motherboard-sized board onto which you mount your Raspberry Pi. It includes space for a 2.5 inch SATA hard drive (although not sure how this connects to the Pi), a 4-port USB hub,…
#RaspberryPi powered door sensor plays sound effects
This intriguing Adafruit tutorial, written with George Brower, has you creating a door sensor using a Pi and a PIR sensor which applauds you when you enter and boos when you leave, thanks to the built-in speaker. Read the tutorial
Solar powered #RaspberryPi
Jay Doscher has written a blog post about powering your outdoors Raspberry Pi with solar panels from Adafruit. Read more here
Network Attached Storage with the #RaspberryPi
Matt Manning has come up trumps again. He’s built on his work with Webmin and added in Samba file storage on his Pi.
#RaspberryPi tracker website Rastrack re-launches and speeds up
Ryan Walmsley’s rastrack.co.uk website has just relaunched with a new database back-end and notable front-end improvements. I’m on a really old laptop (Dell Inspiron) at the moment and it’s very fast for me! Check it out and, if you haven’t,…