David Nash has put together a series of components purchased from Adafruit to produce this rather nice thermometer with a matrix used as a digital display.
Replacing Google Reader with a #RaspberryPi and Tiny Tiny RSS
Conor O’Neill, like many of us, has used Google Reader in the past to aggregate RSS feeds into a manageable format. However, since Google decided to “retire” Google Reader, we’ve all been looking for a good replacement.
Not one to rest on his laurels, Conor is now using a Raspberry Pi and Tiny Tiny RSS to replace the Google Reader service.
Apparently it runs very slowly, mostly due to the MySQL database being hosted on the SD card, so it’ll be interesting to see if hosting it on a USB drive is any faster.
Pan & Tilt Face Tracker with a #RaspberryPi
Michael at MitchTech has been busy. He’s written a tutorial, including wiring diagrams, on creating a pan-and-tilt face tracking system with a Microsoft LifeCam, a special bracket and a couple of servo motors.
I’ll look more at this in future posts as I’ll likely use a similar set-up for my astronomy project. (with the servos and bracket, but not tracking faces… though I wonder if I can track the moon, for instance…. hmmm….)
Internet radio on your #RaspberryPi
This is just a quick tutorial that shows you how to install the necessary packages on your Raspberry Pi to enable internet radio playing. Read the tutorial
Controlling a Slice of Pi/O with Python on the #RaspberryPi
Frank at Raspberry Alpha Omega has been experimenting with his Slice of Pi/O board. Read about his experiments here
Using Raspberry Pi and LEGO Mindstorms together for robotics #RaspberryPi @Raspberry_Pi
This is a good tutorial from Dexter Industries on using the Raspberry Pi in conjunction with the LEGO Mindstorms system to build a simple “robot” car. Read the tutorial