Wermy, the creator of the brilliant Game Boy Zero has started to blog a ‘How To’ guide on sudomod.com. He starts out by taking a broken Game Boy and Dremelling it to add holes for the buttons and removing the battery…
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Nintendo DS-sized clamshell Raspberry Pi portable computer
http://i.imgur.com/BkUYrvT.webm Chris Robinson from NODE has taken a Raspberry Pi 2 and adapted it to fit into a hard drive enclosure. He added a screen, a battery and a mini keyboard, together with some other parts, and created this Nintendo DS-style…
The Pi Podcast – new episode for Raspberry Pi fans focuses on news and Dexter Industries
This time on The Pi Podcast, the guys cover the latest news, including an intriguing (and successful) attempt to get Minecraft-alike game Minetest running on the Pi. Should be interesting to see if we can get Python integration on that as…
NYU graduates create street quality measurement device using a Raspberry Pi
Varun Adibhatla and Graham Henke are two graduates from New York University. They have developed a system which records the condition of roads and then generates a clickable, interactive map that displays the position of road imperfections (such as pot…
Amazing GameBoy has a Raspberry Pi Zero inside
“Chad McChad” (not, I suspect, his real name!) has done an absolutely awesome job creating a retro gaming machine out of an old GameBoy and plenty of other parts, as well as a core of a Raspberry Pi Zero. This is…
Play the Imperial March from Star Wars using a Raspberry Pi and a piezo buzzer
Dum dum dum dum-de-dum dum-de-dum. Leon Anavi has written an Instructable tutorial in which he takes a simple piezo buzzer, connects it up to his Pi and then uses C/wiringPi to play John Williams’ Imperial March. You can read the Instructable here.…
Tiny Gameboy-style device with a Raspberry Pi Zero inside
Rasmus Hauschild from Denmark was 14 years old when I previously featured another build of his on the blog. This time he has gone small with a 3D-printed Gameboy case running RetroPie called Pi Zero Gameboy Nano. Inside is a Raspberry Pi…
Raspberry Pi-based Braille e-book reader prototype
Bristol Braille Technology is working on a more affordable replacement for traditional Braille reading machines. Under the hood is a Raspberry Pi running C and Python, controlling off-the-shelf motors and plastic gears to create the Braille text. Traditionally, Braille machines can…
Create your own Raspberry Pi HAT with The MagPi
The MagPi has published a tutorial that teaches you how to prototype your very own, simple Raspberry Pi HAT. They work with a breadboard to start with and go through the process of flashing the EEPROM. Read it here.
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.…