A little while ago, I backed a Kickstarter campaign to fund the development of the BerryIMU. It’s a (very) small board that gives you access to a gyroscope, magnetometer, accelerometer, pressure/altitude sensor and temperature sensor through the I2C protocol. Mark…
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Solar eclipse captured by multiple Raspberry Pis
The Pi really came into it’s own as a piece of scientific equipment last Friday during the solar eclipse. Multiple people set up webcams to capture the event, perhaps the best one was at the National STEM Centre in York… which…
Raspi-LTSP becomes PiNet – a centralised Raspberry Pi management system
Raspi-LTSP is an ingenious way to run a school Raspberry Pi laboratory. It allows the teacher (or IT manager) to set-up an old PC that hosts the full Raspbian operating system which then gets ‘pushed’ over the network to individual Raspberry…
Network Rail to use kids’ Raspberry Pi invention for safety
Network Rail is to use a Raspberry Pi-powered device to monitor safety at level crossings. Currently, level crossing “black spots” are monitored 24-7 by CCTV. The Raspberry Pi solution, developed by pupils at Haberdasher’s Monmouth School for Girls (pictured above), monitors…
DIY oscilloscope uses a Raspberry Pi and LEGO!
Steve Schuler wanted to build an oscilloscope. He used LEGO, an Erector set, a LittleBits motor and a Raspberry Pi which generates the PWM necessary to drive the motor. The motor is hooked up to a spinning mirror that sweeps the laser…
Raspberry Pis in the Sky for the solar eclipse
Dave Akerman will once again be using the Raspberry Pi in a pair of balloon launches that will take place at 8am on Friday in time for the solar eclipse due to occur in the UK around 9.30am. The two launches,…
Tanzania secondary school gets the power of Raspberry Pi
Masekelo secondary school in Tanzania doesn’t have many resources. The children have to collect water for the school every day and there are often not enough desks and chairs to go around. The Tanzanian government has decreed that every school…
LEGO internet-of-things smart home with a Raspberry Pi
The guys over at PubNub have created a house out of LEGO then filled it with LEDs and sensors which are controlled and read by a Pi. They’ve then used their own proprietary software to create an Internet of Things…
Raspberry Pi education CPD Picademy goes up North
Picademy, the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s continuing professional development course for teachers, is going to York. The National STEM Centre is hosting the event which is taking place on the 26th and 27th May. If you are a teacher and you want to…
Review of the Slice Raspberry Pi media player
Here’s some great news for all your Slice backers. Smittytone has now got his and has reviewed it over on his blog. The review is highly positive and there’s really only one caveat: that you could download the software, install…