The Average Man got sent a Short Crust case by Pi Supply and has given it a very positive review over on his site. Read the review here.
Stroke and gesture recognition with a touchscreen on the #RaspberryPi
Mark Williams has done a tutorial on installing Xstroke which has a built-in list of strokes/gestures you can use via a touchscreen on the Pi. It reminds me a bit of the Graffiti system that used to be on PalmOS – you make gestures and they are translated into key presses. Read more here or view the video above to see it in action.
#RaspberryPi-controlled aquaponics
This is another Instructable, this time from user matthewh415.
(It) uses the IBC method of Aquaponics, with modifications to include a Raspberry Pi for controlling a pump, solenoid drain, and temperature probes for water and air temperatures. The relays and timing is controlled with Python scripting. Temperature and control data is collected every minute and sent to plot.ly for graphing, and future expansion will include sensors for water level and PH values for additional control.
Get notifications from your #RaspberryPi when new email arrives
Instructables employee Aleator777 has written an in-depth guide to creating an email notifier with a Pi. It checks a Gmail account and then lights up if there is new email. It’s quite a complicated tutorial and even uses laser-cut wooden parts as a case, but you don’t, of course, have to go that far with it – take a look at the code and see if you can build a simpler version with a breadboard and LEDs! Read it here
July Cambridge Raspberry Jam tickets are now available
The next Cambridge Raspberry Jam is on Saturday 5th July at the Institute of Astronomy. There will be loads of presentations on a variety of topics and the following workshops will be taking place:
11.15am – Minecraft (Basic)
12.20pm – LEDs, Switches & Buzzers – Basic electronics with the Raspberry Pi
1.25pm – NodeRED & the Internet of Things
2.30pm – Minecraft (Advanced)
3.35pm – Seven Segments of Pi – Could this be your first step to becoming the next generation of Computer Games Designer? (Uses Python, so we recommend 10-16 year olds)
4.40pm – Python Picamera with GPIO
There will also be a great show-and-tell area where you can see lots of Pi projects and a full-featured Marketplace which will include visits from, among others, The Pi Hut and Cyntech.
This will hopefully be another fantastic event for all the family, so head over to CamJam.me to get more information and to book your tickets.
Fantastic audio art installation with a #RaspberryPi
Dominic Wilcox and James Rutherford have teamed up to create Binaudios, an art installation project in Sage Gateshead. Using an enormous pair of “tourist binoculars” you can point yourself towards various landmarks and “hear” what’s going on there, with sounds from the past. An in-depth explanation of the project has been written by Rachel Rayns over on the Foundation’s blog, so head on over there to read about one of the most inspirational projects I’ve seen with the Pi.