Two kids from Westminster School in London have created a pollution monitoring system with a Raspberry Pi. It records temperature, humidity, air pressure, light levels and monitors for various pollutants like carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide. They have said that it costs around £50 including the Pi… I’d love to know where they got their cheap sensors from!
Seems like lots of press coverage this month for the Pi. The latest magazine I’ve found is Computeractive issue 401. On the front cover, it lists the following projects:
Nothing particular earth-shattering, I grant you, but the mag is only £1.99, so what do you expect? 😉
Here’s a great robot made using a Raspberry Pi as it’s brain. No details on how it was done, but I’m hoping to find out some more. In the meantime, take a look at the video:
Lallafa has found a way to use a relatively cheap TFT display on his Raspberry Pi. He’s even found a way to compile his driver into the kernel so you can use it as a boot screen. He claims to be able to run at 25 fps, which is enough to watch videos smoothly. He’s posted a full tutorial and guide on his blog. Read it here
Hosted by ISSUU, this week’s EEWeb Pulse from the Electrical Engineering Community has got masses of Raspberry Pi-related interviews and coverage. Read it here
Robert Arrowsmith is using a DVB-T dongle to create a radio astronomy platform. He’s currently got the dongle picking up FM radio traffic. Follow his project blog here
