Dream Green House is currently creating a page to document a dashboard camera using the Raspberry Pi and the camera module. Read more here
One to keep an eye on – #RaspberryPi drivers from Whaleygeek
David Whale has just posted up a couple of placeholders on his blog for various drivers he’s hoping to develop. The first one (and again, still a placeholder at this point) is for a cheap RFID reader. Take a look here and subscribe to his blog
Automate plant tending with PiPlanter and a #RaspberryPi
Devon at esologic.com has created a system to maintain, monitor and tend his plants, more specifically the moisture level in the soil. He has written an extensive (and I mean really extensive) blog post on the project including code that will take you through how he did it should you wish to reproduce the work. Brilliant stuff. Get all the details here
RasPi.TV reviews the FLIRC USB IR dongle for #RaspberryPi
The FLIRC is a programmable USB dongle that allows you to use any infrared remote you’ve got lying about with a Raspberry Pi media centre. This includes XBMC, OpenELEC, RaspBMC and possibly XBian. Alex over at RasPi.TV has reviewed it. Read the review here
XBian launch 1.0 Beta 1 for #RaspberryPi
XBian, one of the XBMC distros, has just announced their first Beta release. You can read more and download the distro from here. You can also update from the last alpha if you prefer.
#RaspberryPi vs the BeagleBone Black video
YouTube blogger Matt, aka TheRaspberryPiGuy, has done a great comparison of the BeagleBone Black and the Raspberry Pi. It’s very well balanced and impartial. He covers all the pros and cons of both devices.