Arvind Sanjeev has taken a Raspberry Pi, a small LCD screen and a lens and created a wearable, hat-mounted device that accepts voice commands. You can see a video of it in action below and read more, including a tutorial…
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Turn your Raspberry Pi into a wifi hotspot with an Edimax dongle
I must’ve missed this one before. Dave Conroy has written a tutorial on turning your Pi into a wifi hotspot using the venerable Edimax EW-7811Un adapter dongle (which I reviewed here). Read the tutorial here.
Listen to Eben Upton talk all about the Raspberry Pi B+
Element 14 are running an online seminar with Eben Upton in which he will discuss everything to do with the Model B+. The webinar takes place on 31st July at 3pm (UK time) and you can register for it and…
Compatibility notes for the Raspberry Pi B+ audio/video port
Matt Hawkins has done an excellent guide to using the new 3.5mm audio/video port on the B+, including a table that shows the different standards that you might come across. Interesting reading for those who like their composite video output.…
New standards for GPIO boards on the #RaspberryPi B+
There are two pins on the GPIO on the new B+ all to do with EEPROM. Now, it doesn’t really matter to most users what these pins do, but for those who are developing add-on boards that plug into the…
Sonic Pi v2 coming to #RaspberryPi in August
Russell Barnes over at Raspi.today has done an interview with Dr Sam Aaron, creator of Sonic Pi. In it, Sam says that the new version will be out in late August and that he already has plans for version 3! Read…
Solar-powered #RaspberryPi powered school fundraiser
Some folks in South Africa who run the United Twenty-13 non-profit organisation are attempted to build a solar-powered Raspberry Pi lab for schoolkids. To do this, they need to raise just over $10k. This sounds like a great project to get…
Open the pod bay doors with a #RaspberryPi
Eduardo Zola and Perla Zola have taken a Raspberry Pi, created a wooden case for it and added an ‘all seeing eye’ and made a HAL9000 replica. It’s a lovely build which you can see a tour of by…
Another cool #RaspberryPi Gameboy mod
Raspberry Pi Forum user Microbyte has taken an old Gameboy and squeezed a Raspberry Pi and a composite screen in to create a handheld retro gaming machine. I know this has been done before, but this is a neat build…
Awesome community solves power problem on the #RaspberryPi
Alex Eames at RasPi.tv found a potential problem with the B+ the other day. It would start after a halt when his hand approached two of the GPIO pins. Thanks to the Raspberry Pi community, and some of the brains…