Building on their earlier success with the Google Cloud Vision platform, the good people over at Dexter Industries have come up with a great way of sorting through chocolate bars for Halloween. Using a BrickPi and LEGO pieces, they’ve created an…
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Playing around with Google Cloud Vision on the Raspberry Pi
John over at Dexter Industries has been in touch. He’s been playing around with Google Cloud services, and in particular the Google Cloud Vision API. The API is able to take an image and then interpret it to determine what…
Kickstarter for terrific robot kit featuring Raspberry Pi, Arduino and loads of blinkies!
Plum Geek have previously launched, and successfully funded a series of Arduino-powered robots on Kickstarter. Now, they’ve moved into the Raspberry Pi arena with the Spirit Rover. Inspired by the NASA/JPL Mars Rover, the full kit features a custom circuit…
Timelapse video photography with the Raspberry Pi and Arduino
Spencer Organ recently spoke at CamJam about his timelapse video rig (pictured above). It uses an Arduino in combination with the Raspberry Pi (and it’s associated camera module) to pan across a landscape, taking photographs every so often as defined…
Happy Birthday to Raspberry Pi Python library GPIO Zero as it hits v1.3
One year ago, Ben Nuttall and Dave Jones began work on GPIO Zero, a Python library which sought to simplify access to the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins. As of yesterday, it is now one year old and Ben has just…
Raspberry Pi used to subvert San Francisco parking restrictions
In many San Francisco neighbourhoods, you are required to move your car every two hours to satisfy a parking restriction. However, in reality, you only need to move your car every two hours after it has been seen by an enforcement…
Watch the skies with this drone-free aerial Raspberry Pi camera robot
Brook Drumm has created a robot that will crawl along a string or fishing line above a room or area and take photographs and video. It uses some 3D printed parts and a few servos and is, of course, run…
Ophthalmoscope powered by Raspberry Pi scans for retinal diseases
Over at Hackaday.io, Ebin Philip has written an account of his ophthalmoscope (eye retina scanner) powered by a Raspberry Pi and a camera module. The device, which costs about $400 all-in, has been designed to scan the target eye for Diabetic Retinopathy which…
Wearable Raspberry Pi camera records holiday snaps
Manoj Nathwani wanted to record his experiences on a holiday in which he would visit 4 countries in 5 days. So, he utilised a Raspberry Pi 3 and a Camera Module, sewing the camera directly into the strap. His photography results…
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…