Backers for HDMIPi, the affordable HDMI screen for the Raspberry Pi (among other uses!) have received a massive update newsletter from creators Alex Eames and Dave Mellor. I’ll attempt to summarise: They have announced a stretch goal at £200k (which…
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Stereoscopic viewer using a #RaspberryPi and a retro device
Vancouver-based Alec Smecher has taken a vintage View-Master toy and crammed in a Raspberry Pi, the innards of a CD-ROM drive and 2 OLED displays to create a portable stereoscopic video player. It’s a truly astounding mod and it’s well…
3D scanner made up of 40 #RaspberryPi boards and cameras
Richard has developed a 3D scanner using the Pi and the camera module… actually, 39 of them! He’s created an Instructable and also set-up a website specifically for the project. He recently took it to the Maker Faire in Groningen, Netherlands…
Disguise detection with a #RaspberryPi and Arduino
Dr Neil Yager of AICBT Ltd and Dr Ted Dunstone of Biometix have joined forces to create the beginnings of a facial recognition security system that can detect usage of a variety of masks. They use the Pi, the Pi…
Amy Mather and Clive Beale talk about the #RaspberryPi at Wired Next Gen
Photo credit: Nate Lanxon This is a fantastic video of Amy and Clive talking at the recent Wired Next Generation conference. They talk about what the Raspberry Pi is and what you can do with it. I particularly liked the…
#RaspberryPi features on CBBC Newsround
UK Children’s news programme Newsround had a feature on the Pi last weekend and the footage has now made it’s way onto the Newsround website. The footage includes interviews with Eben Upton, schoolkids using the Pi and young programmer Amy…
RasPi.TV covers HDMIPi – the 9 inch portable Hi-Definition HDMI screen for the #RaspberryPi
Alex Eames, one of the minds behind the HDMIPi screen has blogged about the project on his own site. Not much more information than on the Kickstarter campaign page but it’s always great to hear from Alex and he even goes…
Learn Scratch in 10 and a half minutes – great for kids on the #RaspberryPi
Obviously, you can use Scratch on many different platforms, including the Pi, but never before have I seen a video in which Scratch is taught in about 10 minutes! Roehampton University’s Miles Berry has created a video tutorial which does…
Affordable HDMI high definition screen for the #RaspberryPi
Alex Eames of RasPi.TV and Dave Mellor of Cyntech have teamed up to create a new Kickstarter for a cheap HDMI-capable screen, primarily for the Raspberry Pi. This is one of the best campaigns for Pi hardware I’ve seen –…
#RaspberryPi Pi NoIR camera filming in the dark
Alex Eames from RasPi.TV has started what is probably a series of experiments with the Pi NoIR. He’s using an IP cam to provide an IR light source for the camera and has created a video that shows you the…