Joe Birch‘s family is predisposed to failing eyesight. As a result, he decided to build the BrailleBox – a motorised Braille creation device which reads in online news stories and converts them into patterns for the blind. Solenoids were used…
Yiannis Kranidiotis has created a kinetic sculpture which reacts to live data of the solar wind. Called Cyma, which is Greek for ‘wave’, the sculpture works by the bottom plank being moved and then that movement being translated up through…
David Pride has taken a Raspberry Pi, a ZeroBorg motor controller, a disassembled Nerf gun and a robot chassis and made a drive-able shooting platform. He’s used several skills here, including 3D printing, to get the desired result and you…
Myself and Tim are delighted to announce that Pi Wars 2018 will take place at the Cambridge Computer Laboratory (William Gates Building) on 21st-22nd April. This is the venue that we have used for the last two events and we…
The AIY Projects Kit given away free with The MagPi issue 57 went down a storm. In previous issues, The MagPi has covered various ways of extending the kit using some of the additional functionality on the HAT. This time, they’ve…
Tucker Shannon has built himself a CNC wood burner rig and is using a Raspberry Pi to control the stepper motors that position the arm. He’s taken photographs of the build and you can see them here. A video is…
Ben Nuttall has been having a go with the new Remoting facilities available on the v1.4 release of GPIO Zero. He’s used the virtual joystick on the SenseHAT emulator as the controller and then sent commands remotely to another Pi which has…
Today at 6.30pm (BST), Pi Borg will hold the final of their brilliant robotic racing competition Formula Pi. Broadcast live on YouTube, the final features two classes: MonsterBorg and GrandPi and competition is sure to be fierce. Do robots hug the inside line…
Frederick Vandenbosch is a maker with a keen eye for detail. His latest project is to build a robot tank using a DFRobot Devastator chassis with a Thunderborg motor controller board from PiBorg. He went for a cheap Bluetooth remote control called…
Roland Pelayo has written up his project in which he creates a hexapod walking robot with a Raspberry Pi for control. He’s used a piece of acrylic as the main chassis and then fashioned legs out of strips of aluminium.…
