Devon, at esologic.com, has written an excellent guide to using Python libraries to send tweets containing sensor readings from his Raspberry Pi. Read more here
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Command line audio from the #RaspberryPi
Matt, over at Raspberry Pi Spy, has been experimenting with different ways of getting audio out of the Pi and through the 3.5mm jack. He explains what to install to play MP3s or WAVs. Read his blog here
#RaspberryPi bird box with BBC Springwatch
Dr Andrew Robinson has written a blog post about how they’ve used the Raspberry Pi to monitor visits to a bird box and various environmental conditions. He’s hoping to publish instructions on how to set it up so that others…
Digital Radio Astronomy with your #RaspberryPi
Just a quickie: Robert Arrowsmith has been experimenting with using his Pi and an SDR dongle to do some radio astronomy. Read more here
A #RaspberryPi lab in rural Ghana
The Foundation has just posted a great story from Ghana. The British School of Brussels has helped to set up a network of 6 Raspberry Pis in a rural location for school kids to use. The biggest issue seems to…
#RaspberryPi Home Energy Monitor
Steve Swindley has created a household energy monitor from a Raspberry Pi, a Current Cost ENVI and an LED Borg from PiBorg. It’s all controlled with Python. Read more about how he did it here
PocketMine for #RaspberryPi
Pre-compiled binaries for PocketMine are available for the Raspberry Pi. PocketMine is essentially a Minecraft Pocket Edition server. Just like Minecraft, it has an API you can use. More information on PocketMine. Here are the instructions from the Minecraft forum:…
Pibow-inspired case for the #RaspberryPi camera
Andy Tebay has created the DXF files for a very cute case for the Raspberry Pi camera. Read more and download the design from Thingiverse.
Connecting an Arduino to #RaspberryPi
On his blog, Conor O’Neill discusses the options available to you if you want to connect an Arduino to a Raspberry Pi. He also gives a detailed tutorial on how to do the most complicated option. Read the blog here
Google’s Global IT Challenge awards £500,000 to #RaspberryPi Rhino project
The “people’s choice” award of the Global IT Challenge, which aims to award innovative uses of technology that “tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges”, has been awarded to the Zoological Society of London. The £500,000 prize will go a…