James P is on a quest. A quest many of us have embarked upon without success. Not for the Holy Grail, no. Something much more important: The perfect cup of tea! He explains: (It is a project) designed to brew delicate…
Category: Silliness
Physical sequencer merges Raspberry Pi, Arduino, a toy glockenspiel and LEGO to create something magical
Hong Kong-based modulogeek has taken his toddler’s toy glockenspiel and created an servo-motor based control for it. He has then fused this with a monome interface device which is controlled by the Raspberry Pi running the Python sequencer code. Together, he has…
Drinkro – the Raspberry Pi-controlled bartender
The folks over at Synchro.io have come up with a lovely robotic bartender solution using a Raspberry Pi. Called Drinkro, the system makes drinks out of vodka and several mixers using DC peristaltic liquid pumps connected to the Pi. There’s even…
Controlling a toy crane from Scratch on a Raspberry Pi using the SenseHAT
Albert Hickey wanted a new project to take to Jams. He’d seen the micro:bit controlling a toy crane so he got hold of one at Home Bargains. He used the SenseHAT as a controller and, thanks to a handy tutorial from…
Play Doom 2 on a Raspberry Pi inside a CHAINSAW!
George Merlocco has taken gaming to extremes with his “Painsaw” project which involves a Raspberry Pi Zero, an Adafruit TFT, some other gubbinses and a blummin’ CHAINSAW. The chainsaw is an Echo Junior Chainsaw toy and you can find out more…
Further adventures with the Raspberry Pi and CamJam EduKit 3
Cat Lamin previously reviewed her initial use of CamJam EduKit 3 with her friend Louise. Well, now the ladies have had another hack session and progressed to using the sensors included in the kit. She recounts their escapades here.
Giant running wheel for cats uses Raspberry Pi for measurements
http://i.imgur.com/Oh2YlGa.webm Jasper Ruben built his cats a ‘hamster wheel’ for exercise and just for general cat-happiness-quotient. He’s connected up some sensors to it and these feed data back to the Raspberry Pi which calculates speed and distance travelled. A gallery…
Steam powered engine drives a Raspberry Pi Zero
This is a ridiculous project, but that doesn’t make it any less cool. “Alexzpro” has created a steam boiler (with water heated by two propane blow torches!) which drives a two-cylinder steam engine. The engine turns a motor which generates power.…
Whack-a-Pi – Raspberry Pi gaming writ large
Carl Monk brought along this great game to the Big Birthday Weekend. Basically, each large arcade button lights up and you hit it with your hand to score a point. With a Raspberry Pi detecting hits and playing the Mission: Impossible…
10 things NOT to do with your Raspberry Pi Zero
We don’t get a lot of humour around here, and James Mitchell from Berlin seeks to rectify that with his silly post on the top 10 things not to do with your Zero. Read it here. Number 3 is a…