The Raspberry Pi has won the Play category of the INDEX prize, netting the Foundation a 100,000 Euro prize. The money will be spent on hiring two new employees to further their educational aims. Big congratulations to the Foundation for this – the Pi is becoming so well known now and it’s through the efforts of all concerned that this is so.
Set up a #RaspberryPi web kiosk
Mike Brooks has written a comprehensive tutorial on setting the Pi up as a Chromium web kiosk. As part of the next Cambridge Raspberry Jam, we’re planning on having a PayPal kiosk, and we’re hoping that these instructions will help us to do that!
Special offer at Maplin: Wireless mini keyboard with touchpad
This sweet little wireless mini keyboard with touchpad is currently on special offer at Maplin and is a mere snip at £12.99.
Install Cloud9 on a #RaspberryPi
Bernaschina has written a tutorial on installing the web-browser based development environment Cloud9 on the Pi.
A pan-tilt kit Kickstarter for the #RaspberryPi camera module
OpenElectrons.com, who have previously created Arduino shields for NXT motors and other NXT bits, have launched a Kickstarter project for a nifty pan-and-tilt mechanism for the camera module called the Pi-Pan. You can still back it for the next 12 days and the mechanism costs $70 delivered. (This is a little bit pricey at first glance, but it comes with a Pi case, all the mountings, the servos and the GPIO controller board so it’s not that bad).
I’ve tried building a pan-tilt mechanism before but found it a bit restricted in terms of the movement. This Kickstarter project seems much better.
Missing cat found using a #RaspberryPi
A nice practical Pi project, this one. This Pi enthusiast was worried that one of his 5 cats had disappeared. (Aside: Why would anyone want 5 cats? 5??? Anyway…)
So, with the theory that the cat returned at night to sleep, he decided to try and capture the cat sleeping on camera. Using a webcam and Camorama software, he was able to capture the image he wanted and confirm that the cat was not, in fact, lost, just out all day. He later refined the project so that instead of capturing an image every 5 minutes, the camera would be motion-activated.