Compute Module, Games, Geeky Techiness, Making, Retro, Robotics

Rubik’s Cube solver to replace valuable Raspberry Pi employees

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Sorry, that was a bit click-baity wasn’t it! 🙂

Today, the BBC are running a feature on robots and how they are expected, or at least strongly suggested, to replace certain careers. Here’s one of the articles they are running. Tying in with this, Liz Upton has posted on the Raspberry Pi blog about a machine which could replace certain abilities of the Foundation’s team. The machine solves Rubik’s Cubes, using a scanner to work out what squares are showing in which position and then using multiple motors it manipulates the Cube to solve it. The algorithm and motor movements are all worked out using a Compute Module. Maxim Tsoy and Wilbert Swinkels are the creators and they have spoken about the project on their blog. You can see it in action below:

Events, Raspberry Jams, Video

Watch a virtual CamJam – Raspberry Pi talk videos up on YouTube

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Andy Batey has smashed his record at getting the recorded videos from Saturday’s Cambridge Raspberry Jam up on YouTube. They are now available on the CamJam channel and are prefixed “CamJam10”. There’s some great talks available:

See the entire channel and dozens of talks here.

Crowdfunding, GPIO boards

New Kickstarter enables LCD displays to stand up and be counted on a Raspberry Pi

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David Saul, who previously had success with his PiMuxClock Kickstarter has launched a new crowdfunding campaign. This one enables you to mount a little LCD screen vertically on your Pi’s GPIO pins. It works with HD44780-compatible LCDs, including the newer RGB-backlight ones. It’s an interesting concept – the vertical mounting certainly makes it appeal to a certain market. Read more about it and pledge here.

Geeky Techiness, Making, Retro

Telecom Time Machine with a Raspberry Pi

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The people over at Toymaker Television always like to start their projects by ‘building a time machine’. It’s kind of a broad statement, so we’ll ignore it for now. What they’ve done is to re-create an old retro computer with a Raspberry Pi and then hook that up to a modem by way of something called an Acoustic Coupler. That’s what people used to use to talk to modems over a serial line from their old green-screen ‘dumb terminals’ and get on the internet. The ridiculously complex Instructable is available here. I sound like I’m taking the proverbial, but actually it’s a beautiful project. Their video can be seen below:

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Cambridge Raspberry Jam tomorrow – come along or catch the live stream

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The Cambridge Raspberry Jam is tomorrow at the Institute of Astronomy. Tickets are still available and you can get them here. If you’d like to turn up on the door, feel free and just pay when you get there. 16-and-unders are free, adults are £3.73.

A programme for the day is available here.

With any luck, live streaming of the Lecture Theatre will be working. You can view the stream here if it’s up and running.

Provided the live stream and recording facility is all okay, we’ll put the recordings of the talks up within a few days.

Hope to see some of you tomorrow!