Lisiparoi creator Jason Barnett was kind enough to send me one to review, so here goes… Introduction The Lisiparoi is, simply, a light for your Raspberry Pi camera module. It comes in two flavours: the white Lisiparoi is for the normal…
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A Raspberry Pi ambient notification cube
Two years ago, Matthew Achariam decided he wanted to create a “tangible” electronics project. He came up with the idea of showing notifications via a cube of LEDs. He hooked the LEDs up to a Raspberry Pi, added a wi-fi dongle…
RyanTeck TrafficHAT for the Raspberry Pi is now available
A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed the RyanTeck TrafficHAT and gave it a solid 9/10. I’m pleased to say that it is now available to purchase. You can get hold of the HAT for under £10 delivered direct from RyanTeck…
Desktop GUI update for the Raspberry Pi
Simon Long from the Raspberry Pi Foundation has just announced a big update for the standard desktop GUI. Improvements include: New interface for setting up network connections (including wi-fi). New interface for volume and audio settings. New interface for changing desktop…
Monitor your broadband speed with Loggly and a Raspberry Pi
Stephen Phillips has written an excellent, comprehensive tutorial in which he measures his broadband speed (ping, upload and download) and then sends the data to a free service called Loggly. Really interesting stuff and a great use for an always-connected-via-ethernet-cable…
Stream video from the Raspberry Pi camera module to a web page with Node.JS
In a previous post, I told you the steps to stream from the Pi to a VNC player on your phone or browser. That method no longer works for Chrome because Google have decided that the VNC plugin isn’t secure enough. Justin…
Night-time website monitoring with a Raspberry Pi
Matthew Mombrea had a problem. He provides hosting and runs his own servers and needs monitoring tools to let him know when they go down. Of particular concern was being notified at night without his wife being woken up. So,…
In the UK? Get out and vote!
So, it’s finally here! It’s General Election Day in the UK! This is just a brief blog post to encourage you to get out and vote. People died to get you your vote and it is incredibly important to make your…
Raspberry Pi Certified Educator running Summer Tech Dojo in Rhyl, Wales
Raspberry Pi Certified Educator Allen Heard is running a three-day “Tech Dojo” in Rhyl, North-East Wales from Monday 27th-Wednesday 29th July. Some of the activities on offer are as follows: Use a Pi to create artificial intelligence Build an intruder alarm…
Raspberry Pi Creative Technologists introduced
Creative Technologists is a 12-month long mentoring programme for 16-21 year olds. You can read more about the programme here. Thanks to Ben Nuttall, who has just published a post on the Raspberry Pi Foundation blog, we now know much more about…