Albert Hickey wanted to create a game for kids which would get them running around. So, he conceived a button-pressing game where buttons, mounted on tubes, would light up and need to be pressed to score points. This was similar…
Category: Arduino
Plasma CNC machine uses a Raspberry Pi as its brains
Will Baden from Nebraska has developed a plasma CNC machine (which is similar to a regular CNC router but uses plasma) to help him to build and make BIG things. The table controller is a GRBL shield attached to an…
Physical sequencer merges Raspberry Pi, Arduino, a toy glockenspiel and LEGO to create something magical
Hong Kong-based modulogeek has taken his toddler’s toy glockenspiel and created an servo-motor based control for it. He has then fused this with a monome interface device which is controlled by the Raspberry Pi running the Python sequencer code. Together, he has…
Miniaturised gaming console with a Raspberry Pi inside is a thing of beauty
DaftMike has created a miniaturised version of the classic NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) and used a Raspberry Pi to play retro games. At 40% of the original size, this is a lovely small build accomplished using a 3D printer. He…
Get closer to science with this Raspberry Pi-controlled microscope
Andre Maia Chagas and his team, comprised of LL Prieto Godino, A Arrenberg and T Baden, have developed a Raspberry Pi-controlled microscope called FlyPi and entered it into the Hackaday Prize competition. Here’s what Andre has to say about the project: Our plan with this…
Nine year-old wins Tech4Good prizes with a Raspberry Pi asthma monitor
Nine year old Arnav Sharma is the 2016 Tech4Good Winner of Winners and the holder of the People’s Award following a ceremony at the BT Centre. He won the prizes for his AsthmaPi Kit, a device to help parents of asthma…
Building a tower with a Raspberry Pi DeltaPicker
Tobias Kuhn has taken a Raspberry Pi, an Arduino Mega and 3 DC motors and built what he calls the “DeltaPicker”. It is a robot which operates on multiple axis and uses the Pi to do image capturing and processing…
Body movements create music with the help of a Raspberry Pi and Arduino sensors
Calvin Cherry, an electrical engineer graduate of University of Wisconsin – Madison, has created a new musical instrument called Music from Motion which adds layers of instrumental samples as he moves different parts of his body. Stop sniggering at the back!…
Raspberry Pi retro gaming table built from IKEA furniture
Over on the Element 14 community, Spencer (spannerspencer) has documented his build of a retro gaming table. The original table is one of those square Lack coffee tables from IKEA (the ones everybody has got, it seems) and he has added the…
Building a massive cricket scoreboard on a shoestring budget with a Raspberry Pi
A bunch of amateur hackers from Gloucestershire have created a digital scoreboard for their cricket club using a Raspberry Pi. The Pi acts as the master controller for an Arduino which controls the 7-segment displays. The interface is then accessed…