Not strictly Raspberry Pi, but I reckon it would be possible to reproduce with a Pi 2. Here’s a lovely project from Jochen Alt. It is a robot lamp called Luci which uses an ATmega chip to generate PWM signals for…
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Developer seeks funding for remotely operated underwater vehicle powered by a Raspberry Pi
Sam Groome is an apprentice at an ROV manufacturer and a college student finishing his HND in electrical/electronic engineering. He has a dream: an underwater Raspberry Pi-powered remote controlled vehicle. The ROV is tethered to the surface via a cable and signals are…
Linux User and Developer seeks new staff writer
Here’s a great job opportunity for someone who would like to live in Bournemouth! Linux User and Developer magazine are looking for a new staff writer to join their team. They’re looking for someone who “knows their way” around a…
Raspberry Pis patrol the Tate galleries after dark
The Making of After Dark from The Workers on Vimeo. “After Dark” was an installation by artists The Workers which patrolled the halls of the Tate Modern and Tate Britain last year. Visitors to the AfterDark.io website were able to control the Raspberry Pi-powered…
Hacking from the sky with a Raspberry Pi
Hey! That rhymes! *ahem* At the DEFCON hacker conference in Las Vegas, David Jordan of Aerial Assault showed off his drone that can remotely attack computer networks. It does this courtesy of an on-board Raspberry Pi running Kali Linux. It first…
More RPi.GPIO wisdom from RasPi.TV for the Raspberry Pi
In addition to Tuesday’s blog post about RPI_INFO, Alex has also discovered a new function call inside the RPi.GPIO Python library: getmode(). This is a companion to setmode() and reads back what mode the library is set to – BCM, BOARD or…
Coding Evening special event – Thursday 15th October
Created by teacher Cat Lamin, Coding Evenings are a great way to get teachers in touch with other teachers and technology experts. In Cat’s own words: Coding Evenings are an opportunity for teachers, Raspberry Pi enthusiasts and Code Club/Coder Dojo volunteers…
Pi Piano HATs start to be delivered – a first look
Sandy Macdonald must have ordered a Pi Piano HAT from Pimoroni on virtually the day it was released and has now written up his thoughts about the board, stepping through the example programs and detailing a way to get the…
Windows 10 IoT released publicly for the Raspberry Pi
A Windows-based operating system for the Raspberry Pi is now available publicly following a few months of developer-only trials. Windows 10 IoT is available here and, unlike the last few months, does not require any sign-ups. Here’s what BetaNews said about the…
Oxford Flood Network uses Raspberry Pis to detect rising water
The Oxford Flood Network uses a network of ultrasonic sensors in a flood-prone area to detect water levels and broadcast their data over short distances to Raspberry Pi-based gateways; these aggregate the data and pass it to an open online…