Just a quickie. Simon Walters has created a Scratch-remote-controlled robot that fires a BigTrak missile launcher.
#RaspberryPi goes deep for marine biodiversity monitoring
An awful lot of hackers and Pi enthusiasts have banded together to create an deep water monitoring system that takes pictures and records video. At a depth of 50m (and a maximum tolerance of 100m), this is easily one of the coolest Raspberry Pi projects ever.
For an overview of the project, head over to the Raspberry Pi Foundation website where Clive Beale has written an extensive piece. For details of how the devices were deployed, take a look on the Chagos Trust website.
Games and Utilities for #RaspberryPi Minecraft
Nicholas Harris has put together a collection of Minecraft Pi utilities and games. There are two games: Arena (avoid the disappearing floor) and Dodge (stay away from the oncoming ‘lava’). The utilities are varied, so take a look on Stuff About Code for more details. It’s great to see someone experimenting with the Minecraft API and getting programming experience!
A #RaspberryPi, Dancing Lego and Five Servos
Pierre Villeneuve has created a LEGO/Raspberry Pi combination that “dances” in time to music. Here’a a video:
#RaspberryPi advanced camera features
Matthew Manning, who I met on Saturday, from Raspberry Pi IV Beginners, has done a great video that takes you through step-by-step how to do some fairly advanced things with the camera module. This includes streaming and timelapse.
#RaspberryPi camera module command generator
Raspberry Pi Foundation forum member Nu7s has created a web-page that will generate the command line command to make the camera do whatever you want it to. Try it out here