Francesco Georg has used a Raspberry Pi, a Camera Module, LEGO bricks, some EV3 motors and a BrickPi add-on board to create this Rubik’s Cube solving robot. He figured out how to use a two-phase algorithm developed by Herbert Kociemba via a…
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Reading sensors remotely using an ESP8266 board and a Raspberry Pi
Alex Eames took a (cheap as chips) Wemos D1 mini (which has an onboard ESP8266 wifi chip), connected it up to an analog temperature sensor and then flashed a script to the board that would send the sensor readings to…
Wizarding World / Internet of Things clock using a Raspberry Pi
Pat Peters from Omaha, Nebraska has taken inspiration from the Wizarding World’s famous Weasley Clock and built his own Internet of Things clock, using a Raspberry Pi (a B+ in this case). Tracking the locations of both himself and his wife,…
Pimoroni solderless headers for the Raspberry Pi reviewed
Jenny List over at Hackaday recently posted about the Pimoroni solderless headers. Met with a certain amount of resistance and skepticism from the Hackaday crowd as to the suitability of both the method of hammering in the pins and their…
Plant monitoring kit from SwitchDoc Labs uses a Raspberry Pi to look after your growing environment
SwitchDoc Labs have launched their latest Kickstarter – SmartPlantPi. It’s a plant-monitoring system suitable for families and schools that measures and keeps track of the following: Soil moisture Sunlight level Air quality Temperature and humidity It uses the Grove system…
Accio Raspberry Pi! Control a gesture-sensitive lamp with a Harry Potter wand
This is the second Harry Potter project in as many days! See yesterday’s Daily Prophet animated picture frame here. Sean O’Brien from Make has taken a Raspberry Pi and a Particle Internet Button and embedded them inside a lamp base. Also…
Build a motion-activated security camera with the Raspberry Pi Zero
Mark West, a Brit now living in Norway, was convinced that he had some unwanted visitors in his garden. So, he decided to press into action a Raspberry Pi Zero as a security camera solution. He shopped at The Pi…
NatureBytes Raspberry Pi-powered nature camera comes to The Pi Hut
A good few months ago, a new company called NatureBytes ran a Kickstarter to fund their Raspberry Pi-powered nature camera system. They delivered on their pledges in the middle of last year and they’re now at a point where they have a retail…
The Pi Hut launches a new Raspberry Pi bundle by popular demand – ideal for Retro Gaming enthusiasts
The Pi Hut has just announced the launch of a Retro Gaming bundle that is ideal for those looking to get into the world of playing retro games on the Raspberry Pi. The bundle, which retails for £60, includes: Raspberry…
Build your own fixed-wing drone with a Raspberry Pi Zero
Iker Zubi has written up instructions for building a fixed-wing drone using a Zero and the PXFmini add-on board. There’s a bill-of-materials and pictures of the build at each stage. He reckons the whole thing comes to about $150 (although…