Dr Neil Yager of AICBT Ltd and Dr Ted Dunstone of Biometix have joined forces to create the beginnings of a facial recognition security system that can detect usage of a variety of masks. They use the Pi, the Pi…
Category: Programming
Speech Recognition and Python turns the #RaspberryPi into a (almost) universal translator
Dave Conroy has published an extensive tutorial on how he turned the humble Pi into a translator for over 60 languages. The only extra thing you need in addition to your normal Pi set-up is a Logitech USB Headset. Read…
Using a #RaspberryPi to run a college bar
John Paulsson has brought a Raspberry Pi into service to help him with his job of ‘beer manager’ in a student bar. The Pi is being used for all kinds of things from stock reporting, reporting usage, monitoring light levels…
David Whale’s #RaspberryPi Internet of Things demo board
David Whale (Twitter’s @whaleygeek) has written a blog post about his “Internet of Things Demonstrator”. This is a piece of wood with two Raspberry Pis mounted on it, plus a switch for one Pi and an LED for the other.…
Learn Scratch in 10 and a half minutes – great for kids on the #RaspberryPi
Obviously, you can use Scratch on many different platforms, including the Pi, but never before have I seen a video in which Scratch is taught in about 10 minutes! Roehampton University’s Miles Berry has created a video tutorial which does…
Simple C++ API for the #RasperryPi camera module
As the title says, Chris Cummings has developed a C++ API for the camera module. Read more and get it over on his blog
Quick installation guide for the #RaspberryPi camera from Linux User mag
Linux User and Developer magazine this month includes a tutorial on getting the Pi camera up-and-running. This guide has now been posted on their website for everyone to enjoy. It also includes a quick look at the picam Python module.…
Control the GPIO with an IR controller on the #RaspberryPi
Mark Williams has decided that using an IR remote control for XBMC just wasn’t good enough, so he has worked out how to use the controller, LIRC and WiringPi to control the GPIO pins. Read more here
RasPi.TV creates a Twitter app in Python with Tweepy on a #RaspberryPi
Alex has been busy again. Spurred on by his wish to do a prize draw that picks a random twitter follower, he has used the Python library “tweepy”, found out how to use it following a Twitter API change, and…
Slimline PiGlow Python module for the #RaspberryPi
Ben Leb has forked Jason Barnett’s original PiGlow Python code (https://github.com/Boeeerb/PiGlow) and produced a slimmed-down easy-to-use version. Might well be worth a go for PiGlow owners! Read more and get the code here