“KM4EFP” has written up his project in which he has created a portable ‘foxbox’ – a fox hunt transmitter. These transmitters are hidden so that radio enthusiasts can track them down using direction-finding techniques. You can read more about the fox hunting phenomenon and the project itself on his blog.
We’ve seen it before: a Gameboy mod with a Pi inside. Well, this Instructable tells you how to do it yourself. Tim G has used a Raspberry Pi Model A and various other, fairly cheap, components in this tutorial which should be possible to replicate if you can get hold of an old handheld. I’ve got one and I think I’ll give this a try (my previous attempt failed). See the Instructable here.
The company that publishes Linux User and Developer magazine has collated the best bits from this year’s articles about the Raspberry Pi into an annual. The annual costs £12.99 and is available from newsagents today. Good Christmas present!
Wellington, New Zealand resident Warren was asked to record the hatching of an endangered species: the tuatara. The tuatara is a reptile that is rapidly dying out thanks to some stowaway rats from the 17th Century. So, he used a PiNoIR camera, a macro lens and a custom case to set-up a time-lapse of the process. You can see the results of his endeavour in the video below and you can read more about the project on his blog here.
At the Department of Computer Science in the University of York, all new undergraduates are given a Raspberry Pi and challenged to do something with it within a month. Here’s a video that explains the idea – it features the Foundation’s Gordon Hollingworth in a starring role!
Here’s a great video from Carrie Anne Philbin on her YouTube channel the Geek Gurl Diaries. In this, she uses the Pi, a Pibrella, some motors and bits and pieces, together with a Python script, to create a ‘digital garden’. It’s a nice proof-of-concept and should be easily extendible when you reproduce it. Should make for a nice Christmas project for families.
