John Ohno has disassembled a head-mounted display, hooked up the Pi’s composite video output and fixed the display into a pair of steampunk goggles. It’s an awesome-looking project (though I suspect quite uncomfortable to wear!) Read about the build here
Category: Making
Hijacking a Robosapien with a #RaspberryPi
Element14 blogger ’emotep’ has taken an old Robosapien robot and converted it for use with the Raspberry Pi and a LIRC infrared dongle. It’s a great project because it shows that you can recycle your old tech with a Pi…
RasPi.TV develops touchscreen version of #RaspberryPi camcorder
Alex Eames has been busy working out how to use a small touchscreen he got from someone on the Raspberry Pi Forum. He’s finally got it to display the feed from the camera module following their instructions. Read more here
Fixing a broken SD card slot on the #RaspberryPi
Nice tutorial over at smstextblog – how to cleanly and neatly repair your Pi’s SD card slot with a £3 replacement. As he says, much better than ditching the Pi! Read how he did it here
Create a #RaspberryPi touchscreen camera with Adafruit
Adafruit’s posted a fantastic tutorial on using the Pi and a PiTFT touchscreen to create a full touchscreen camera. As they admit, it’s unlikely to replace your ‘proper’ camera or even your smartphone, but it’s a great project to do…
#RaspberryPi-powered t-shirt cannon
Yes, you read that right. A cannon that fires t-shirts. Controlled by a Pi. Very cool. Very silly. Read about it here
Creating a robot with the #RaspberryPi and an #Arduino
Arnaud Boudou has written up his project to create a robot (RaspiDuinoRover) using a Raspberry Pi hooked up to an Arduino and some other bits and pieces. Included in this project is a DIY light source for the camera. Great…
Build your own SatNav with a #RaspberryPi
I think I missed this when it was first published, so here we are now. Over at the excellent smstextblog, there’s a tutorial on building a SatNav using the Pi and an Adafruit LCD touch screen. Great stuff. Lots of…
Register your interest for an adult #RaspberryPi Camp in Bristol
Cardiff-based Absolute Raspberries are proposing to hold a two-day computing camp in Bristol. The event, which is proposed to run on 22nd and 23rd March will include an introduction to the Pi and then a whole weekend of programming and…
Arcade-in-a-Briefcase project with the #RaspberryPi
With thanks to Pi Weekly for spotting this one! If you haven’t subscribed yet, why the heck not? Travis Reynolds has taken a 1980s briefcase he found in a goodwill shop and converted it into an arcade machine. The Raspberry…