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…
Category: Art
WiFi Whisperer is a creepy use of the Raspberry Pi, but effective
Recently at Moogfest, which is a music and technology festival set in North Carolina, artists Kyle McDonald and Surya Mattu exhibited an installation piece known as the WiFI Whisperer. The Whisperer was connected to the festival’s wifi network and sniffed out…
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!…
Wizard Chess with the Raspberry Pi
Bethanie Fentiman is an 18 year old who, faced with delivering some A-level coursework, thought that she’d take inspiration from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorceror’s Stone and create a real-life version of Wizard Chess! First of all, she used an Instructable to…
A digital cross stitch picture created with a Raspberry Pi
Andrew Kleindolph from San Francisco has created a piece of digital artwork using cross stitch. But this isn’t any ordinary cross stitch: it’s all digital. Surrounded by a lovely wooden frame, the screen displays a message received by SMS, converting it into…
Terrifying Terror from a Raspberry Pi Creative Technologist
Last year, Yasmin Curren was selected as one of the Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists. On 23rd April, I attended the CTs exhibition at Raspberry Pi Towers and saw her project. It was an interactive video-based experience about monsters living under…
String Art machine creates beautiful masterpieces with a Raspberry Pi
London-based Laarco have developed a machine to create large works of art using a technique known as “String Art”. This technique uses thousands of nails and a single piece of string to construct a ‘painting’ of a subject. Laarco’s machine, called…
Raspberry Pi-powered invasion of privacy camera turned into unsettling work of art
25-year old Dries Depoorter has used a Raspberry Pi to monitor a webcam installed at an intersection in Fredericton, Canada. It uses image processing algorithms to determine if people are crossing the road illegally (jaywalking) and then allows visitors to an art gallery to…
VoxCube – many blinkies controlled by a Raspberry Pi in this 8x8x8 cube on Kickstarter
Mark Williams from Ozzmaker has been in touch about his new Kickstarter project. Mark previously ran the successful campaign for BerryIMU – a multi-function gyro/accelerometer sensor which now sits at the heart of the Picorder, my sensors-in-a-box project. The new Kickstarter is…
Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists exhibition – apply for tickets
The Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists programme focused on “supporting and inspiring young people who are interested in creative uses of technology.” The initiative, spearheaded by the Foundation’s Rachel Rayns, is a mentoring programme that has taken nine young people under its…