It has been possible to do penetration testing using your Pi for some time now, particularly with Kali Linux. However, it has now been made even simpler with a set of scripts known as Warberry Pi. The set of scripts…
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Voice recognition with IBM Watson turns Raspberry Pi into a digital assistant
Over on the IBM developer blog, CodifyThings has written a nice tutorial in which he uses the IBM Watson service, and a Java client running on the Pi, to create a digital assistant to transcribe vocal input. Read more here.
Secure your Raspberry Pi-based website with Let’s Encrypt
Over on the Stack Exchange Raspberry Pi blog, Jacob has written an excellent tutorial in which he uses Let’s Encrypt (a free certificate domain authority) to secure a website hosted on a Raspberry Pi. This means that your website(s) will be secured…
Videocast featuring Sonic Pi, music software for the Raspberry Pi
On the latest episode of Triangulation, host Leo Laporte interviews Sam Aaron, who wrote Sonic Pi, the computer programming language, based on Ruby, that allows you to create music through code. An interesting interview in which Sam teaches Leo how…
Turn your Raspberry Pi (Zero) into a dedicated VPN server
Transposed Messenger has written a great tutorial in which he explains how to turn your Raspberry Pi into a dedicated VPN. This will work with all Raspberry Pis, not just the Zero but he’s used the Zero because it’s cheap…
Boot your Raspberry Pi through an Ethernet cable
Gordon Hollingworth has just published his second blog post on the Pi’s new booting modes. This one is all about booting over Ethernet with no SD card on the client Pi. The new functionality is documented here and there’s a…
Boot your Raspberry Pi from a USB drive (beta)
Gordon Hollingworth has just announced, over on the Raspberry Pi blog, that the Raspberry Pi 3 can be booted from USB mass storage devices. Information on how to do it, and which devices have been found (so far) to be…
New podcast launched featuring Raspberry Pi-flavoured interviews from the North of England
Following yesterday’s news that The Pi Podcast has come to an end, I’ve been keeping an eye out for a replacement. Well, the first one has appeared! Young Josh has just started a series of podcasts based on his visits…
Build a spectrum analyzer with two Pimoroni pHATs and a Raspberry Pi Zero
Sandy Macdonald, one of the Pimoroni crew, has written an excellent tutorial in which he takes a pHAT DAC audio board, a Scroll pHAT and a Raspberry Pi Zero, solders them together and creates a visual spectrum analyzer. Python is used…
Adding an OBD-II readout to your car with a Raspberry Pi
Ben Walters had a wish to add a dashboard read-out of his car’s OBD-II data. He took a Raspberry Pi and various other components, including a UPS HAT to provide backup power, and wired it into his car. The readout…