Pete Taylor has been working on converting a Holga camera into a digital camera using a Raspberry Pi. He previously explained how he’d fitted in a model A to the case and he’s now blogged about his continuing hacks and…
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Jam Packed – a new initiative from Raspberry Jam founder Alan O’Donohoe
Alan O’Donohoe, who (along with Ben Nuttall) started off the whole Raspberry Jam initiative, has started up a new ‘thing’ and called it “Jam Packed“. It is a two-day community computing event aimed at schools and families comprising a “Hack…
Spooky Raspberry Pi Halloween happenings in the Lost Gardens of Heligan
Phil Atkin met Stuart Pemberton a few weeks ago at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. They realised they were both fans of the Raspberry Pi and Stuart revealed a project that he’d been tasked to do: create a visitor attraction…
Interview with Raspberry Pi R2-D2 creator
Andrew Langley hacked an R2-D2 model and added a Raspberry Pi and a projector. I covered this previously on my blog. Now Linux User and Developer have tracked Andrew down and interviewed him on their website. Read the interview here. Full specs…
Firefox OS for the Raspberry Pi gains momentum
Thanks to The Register for the meat of this one, and to Tim Richardson who spotted it! During a Mozilla Festival held over this last weekend, developers showed more of the Firefox OS port for the Pi. They also listed…
Croydon Raspberry Jam – a couple of write-ups
On Saturday, Jarle Teigland (@JarJarGeek) welcomed people to the first every Croydon Raspberry Jam at the Lives Not Knives space. By all accounts it was a really good Jam, with lots of projects being showed off and lots of learning…
Build a Raspberry Pi supercomputer with Linux User and Developer
Linux User and Developer have published their latest issue (pictured). In it, they describe how to create a Raspberry Pi supercomputer out of multiple Pis. It’s an interesting article, although they could go a lot more into depth about how…
Real-time aircraft tracking with a Raspberry Pi
Pat Whens has posted a tutorial in which you can track aircraft in real-time from your Raspberry Pi using a $10 Software Defined Radio (SDR) dongle. It also uses flightaware.com’s API. You can read more about how to do it…
Raspberry Pi under a volcano
In order to understand how volcanic eruptions occur, Dr Carolyn Parcheta has developed a wall-climbing robot to map volcanic vents. Powered with a Raspberry Pi, the robot is attached with an umbilical for data and power and is then lowered into…
Your document will self destruct with a Raspberry Pi
Supported by the Mexican government, Newcastle, England-based artist Diego Trujillo Pisanty has created a device that prints out documents and then immediately destroys them in a flash of flame and smoke. It was inspired by what happened with Edward Snowden and…