Alex Eames, from RasPi.tv, has put together a brilliant project with a model A Raspberry Pi and the camera module (along with lots of other bits). He’s created a camcorder (with GPIO buttons) with a screen and the ability to…
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Penetration testing distros and install kits for the #RaspberryPi
Jay Turla, a writer for the Infosec Institute, has done a great round-up of Linux distros and apps that will work on the Raspberry Pi to carry out network penetration tests. Read more here
#RaspberryPi Cambridge Raspberry Jam – Saturday 20th July 2013 – Tickets still available
I’m running my second Raspberry Jam on 20th July in Cambridge. There are still a few tickets available – visit Eventbrite to get yours!
Whistle-stop guide to #RaspberryPi NOOBS
The New-Out-Of-Box-System for the Pi was released a few weeks ago. You can download it here. Matthew Manning from Rapsberry Pi IV Beginners has done a very quick guide to how to use it:
#RaspberryPi Benchmarks
Patrick Kennedy at servethehome.com has run a series of typical Linux benchmarks on the Raspberry Pi. Some interesting results here, though as expected the Pi is pretty low down the pack. A few problems with this article, though: they haven’t really…
GPS Logger for the #RaspberryPi
A blogger on Tweetypi.co.uk has written about how to log GPS coordinates into sqlite3. I’ve decided to integrate this with the Picorder so I thought I’d give them a shout out! Read the blog post or view the code on Github.
piweekly – New #RaspberryPi weekly newsletter is launched!
piweekly Well-known Pi enthusiasts Ben Nuttall (@ben_nuttall – Manchester Raspberry Jams) and Ryan Walmsley (@ryanteck – creator of Rastrack) have teamed up to create a new weekly newsletter called Piweekly, and it launched today! Here’s a summary of what will be included…
The Foundation get a cloud-enabled #RaspberryPi controlled coffee machine (updated: Build your own!)
Thanks to a generous gift from US-based company Zipwhip, the Raspberry Pi Foundation now has a coffee machine. But this is no ordinary coffee machine, Oh No! This one can be texted when coffee is needed and then sends a…
PiBoy Advance – new project to get a #RaspberryPi inside a Gameboy
Leland Flynn has just started a new project to fit a Raspberry Pi, running multiple emulators, inside an original Gameboy case. Looks like a really great project. He’s already done a decent amount of work on it. Read more and see…
#RaspberryPi controlled robotic orchestra comes to Aberystwyth
Fantastic news from the Welsh Daily Post website: A robotic orchestra made of discarded instruments, a hoover and controlled by two tiny Raspberry Pi computers, will give its first public performance at the Bandstand at Aberystwyth on Saturday 22 June.…