Dan Aldred has done a lovely implementation of the classic game Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock using the SenseHAT. The program is written in Python and is available on Github and you can see a video of it in action below:
Category: Silliness
Hardware hacker uses Raspberry Pi Zero as a selfie-stopper
British security expect Steve Lord has come up with a unique use for the Raspberry Pi Zero. Powered by batteries, the Zero seeks out open wifi networks and then scans network traffic for calls to Instagram, which is what most people…
Christmas tree lights controlled with a Raspberry Pi
Last year, Anderson SIlva set his Christmas tree lights up to be controlled by a Raspberry Pi. This year, he’s expanded the amount of lights being controlled by the Pi to 800! You can see it working below and read…
Exterminate all long grass with a Raspberry Pi
Canadian Ron Ostafichuk took a lot of old pieces of wood and created a full-sized version of the most terrifying creature known to man: a Dalek! Powered by a 12 volt battery, he used a Raspberry Pi to control relay controllers…
Delorean Time Circuit and Flux Capacitor with the Raspberry Pi
Happy Back to the Future Day! In honour of this momentous occasion, when we can expect Marty McFly to travel from the past and appear somewhere above Hill Valley, California, I’ve decided to re-post this excellent project from Carl Monk. In his extensive…
Raspberry Pi pong game uses crane controllers
Here’s a nice bit of silliness for you. A German crane manufacturer asked “hwhardsoft” to create a game that used the company’s crane controllers. So, that’s what they did – the created a Pong game using Python and then adapted…
Pimoroni delivers first episode of new Raspberry Pi video stream series
Sheffield-based Pimoroni, purveyors of all things Pi (including a very nifty stand for the new DSI Display) have just started a new web series, Bilge Tank. Taking place in their newly-constructed studio, the series promises to bring news, product demos…
Turning a fridge into a retro gaming console with a Raspberry Pi
Daniel d’Entremont has done something faintly ridiculous. He’s taken a small, working fridge, cut a hole for a screen and some more holes for buttons and turned it into a Game Boy-lookalike console. He admits that it’s all a bit…
Make a Magic 8 Ball with the Raspberry Pi and the SenseHAT
Carrie Anne Philbin has written a lovely new resource for the Raspberry Pi Learning Resources website. It uses the recently-launched SenseHAT to create a Magic 8 Ball. You ask it a question and then shake the whole Pi and HAT (triggering…
First person video with a Raspberry Pi attached to an RC TerraDrone
Beaneboper from Soldering Sunday has modified a remote-controlled Nerf TerraDrone so that his son can remotely control it and see what it is pointing at. He’s used the Pi Surveillance article from Makezine to set-up the camera part. Read more here.