John over at Dexter Industries has been in touch. He’s been playing around with Google Cloud services, and in particular the Google Cloud Vision API. The API is able to take an image and then interpret it to determine what…
Category: Photography
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a touchscreen advent calendar
Spencer Organ has published the code for a Raspberry Pi-powered touchscreen advent calendar. So, get ready for the festive season, see more details here and download the code here. You can change the photographs to your own pictures if you wish…
Timelapse video photography with the Raspberry Pi and Arduino
Spencer Organ recently spoke at CamJam about his timelapse video rig (pictured above). It uses an Arduino in combination with the Raspberry Pi (and it’s associated camera module) to pan across a landscape, taking photographs every so often as defined…
Using a Raspberry Pi to control a face-tracking desk fan
The Foundation have just blogged this nice little project from Instructables user DevinL9. He’s taken a Raspberry Pi, hooked it up to a servo and then used the servo to control the position of a small fan with a small webcam mounted…
Granny checking box helps Raspberry Pi fan keep an eye on his grandmother
Not as creepy as it sounds! James Zingel from New Zealand noticed his mother’s concern for his grandmother’s well-being. So, with a Raspberry Pi he was given, he set about constructing a monitoring device. The box, called Gran Check, has…
Watch the skies with this drone-free aerial Raspberry Pi camera robot
Brook Drumm has created a robot that will crawl along a string or fishing line above a room or area and take photographs and video. It uses some 3D printed parts and a few servos and is, of course, run…
Ophthalmoscope powered by Raspberry Pi scans for retinal diseases
Over at Hackaday.io, Ebin Philip has written an account of his ophthalmoscope (eye retina scanner) powered by a Raspberry Pi and a camera module. The device, which costs about $400 all-in, has been designed to scan the target eye for Diabetic Retinopathy which…
Wearable Raspberry Pi camera records holiday snaps
Manoj Nathwani wanted to record his experiences on a holiday in which he would visit 4 countries in 5 days. So, he utilised a Raspberry Pi 3 and a Camera Module, sewing the camera directly into the strap. His photography results…
Taking pictures of bats at night with a Raspberry Pi
Martin Mander recently noticed that his back garden attracted bats. Inspired by this, he set about creating a camera that could see in the dark and take pictures of the bats as they came flying in. He repurposed a hand-held…
Build a wearable time-lapse camera with a Raspberry Pi Zero
Adafruit has published a tutorial on creating a time-lapse camera using a Pi Zero, a camera module, a bit of power circuitry, a micro button and a 3D-printed case. Lovely project if you’ve got the 3D printing capability. Take a…