The Foundation just featured this on their blog and I thought I’d follow suit. Shota Ishiwatari has just started a Kickstarter project to fund the RAPIRO. This is a dangerously cute white robot with a Raspberry Pi as its brain…
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York Raspberry Jam at STEM Centre – nice little article
Steve Lyon reports from the York Raspberry Jam that the purpose of Jams – to bring youngsters and educators together – is alive and well “Up North”. Read the short piece here
Nwazet launches stackable layout board for #RaspberryPi
US-based Nwazet have released the “Pi Slate”. Essentially “just” a clear acrylic plate, it has space for the Pi, other components and comes with two 400-point breadboards for prototyping. It costs a very reasonable $22 + postage. More information about…
Retro #RaspberryPi gaming with the Super Nintendo Pi
MidiTheKid has written an excellent, in-depth guide to installing RetroPie and making a Super Nintendo-emulating Raspberry Pi. See the guide here
RasPi.TV reviews two battery packs for the #RaspberryPi from RS Components
Alex Eames has been testing two USB battery packs from RS Components. The two packs (costing £13.50/£26+VAT) allow you to plug in a USB cable to power your Pi. He has tested them to find out how long they last.…
Facial recognition with OpenCV and the camera module on the #RaspberryPi
Pierre Raufast’s work with OpenCV has been featured over on the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s blog. He has used the open-source real-time image processing library to interface to the camera board, something which was previously seen as unlikely. His seven-part tutorial…
Record web server attacks with Glastopf Pi for the #RaspberryPi
Security researcher Jay Turla has been working on getting Glastopf working on his Raspberry Pi. Glastopf is… …a simple and minimalistic web server written in Python that records information of web-based application attacks like Structured Query Language Injection (SQLI), Remote…
Replacing a Volvo GPS navigation system with a #RaspberryPi
Latvia-based Reinis Veips has been trying to replace his Volvo’s nifty pop-up GPS navigation system with a Raspberry Pi. This has involved a lot of tinkering and resulted in a custom printed circuit board. Read all about his project here.
Simple two-way NFC/RFID communications with #RaspberryPi and Adafruit
Adafruit has just published a guide to doing NFC/RFID communications with their breakout board. Read the guide
LED matrix with a #RaspberryPi
Frank, at Raspberry Alpha Omega, has worked out how to use WiringPi to drive a 7219 LED matrix. Read how he did it here