Bomani, Eunice, and Matt have created a project called Waves which allows you to see the spoken word in printed form. A set of colour-coded questions is posed and you are then invited to answer them whilst pressing a colour-coded button.…
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Retro sound effects typewriter uses a Raspberry Pi
James McCullen has taken inspiration from a 1930s Looney Tunes short film called Hold Anything and created a custom ‘typewriter’ that plays cartoon sound effects. He recorded the effects himself and then copied them to a Raspberry Pi which was then…
Create a weather forecasting lamp using a Raspberry Pi Zero
“The Modern Inventor” has written a great Instructable which helps you to create your very own weather forecasting lamp called the Storm Glass. The lamp, which has been given the ability to simulate lightning, fog, rain and thunder using off-the-shelf…
Creating a portable deck for commuting with a Raspberry Pi
Kerry Scharfglass was finding typical portable computers difficult to work with in confined spaces, such as on a plane or on a train. So, he decided to build his own which he called the Commute Deck. The main chassis is…
Simple motion-detecting security camera uses a Raspberry Pi and camera module
The folks over at Diligence Technologies have written an interesting Instructable that can be used for simple home security. A Pi is connected to a camera module and then a piece of software written in Python is used to detect…
Model lighting controller using a Raspberry Pi and loads of relays
Mathieu Bonte has written a great Instructable in which he creates a model house and then wires up a Raspberry Pi to various lamps to light the model. In the Instructable, he takes you through wiring it all up, via…
White Hat Hacking using a Raspberry Pi as a target computer
There are many reasons why you might want to try out your ‘hacking’ or penetration-testing skills. These range from a simple proof-of-concept as to why systems should be locked down to more aggressive hacking to prove the vulnerability of parts…
See the world through another person’s eyes with the Raspberry Pi
Here’s an interesting article from The MagPi. A Swedish team has developed a system to record and stream the activity and experiences of a person via the Internet. Called Tele 2, the system is worn as a back-pack and headset…
Raspberry Pi Towers Jam – 1st July in Cambridge
There will be a Raspberry Jam at Pi Towers in Cambridge on Saturday, 1st July. The event, which runs from 11am-4pm will feature an intro session, three workshops and, probably, some Show and Tell. Ben Nuttall’s running the Jam and…
GPS-controlled GoPro camera using a Raspberry Pi
Texas-based Computer Scientist Estefannie has rigged up a GoPro camera to take photographs of herself. The GoPro cable is fed into a backpack which houses a Raspberry Pi 3. The Pi has a GPS board connected to it and calculates the…