Andy Grove has created a musical instrument by adding 8 ultrasonic distance sensors to a Raspberry Pi, via an Octasonic breakout board. The software, which is available on GitHub, is written in the Rust programming language and the synthesizer is…
The Foundation have recently published a new tutorial which helps you to create your very own touchscreen photo booth which will tweet the photos. Dubbed “The All-Seeing Pi”, the contraption requires you to use the Raspberry Pi camera module, a…
As you’ll know if you’ve read this blog recently, or seen the side-widget, Alex Eames recently launched a new Kickstarter. Called RasPiO Inspiring, it’s a collection of geometric shapes with powerful ultra-bright APA102 LEDs that you can use to create sculptures…
Matthew Wagner wanted to develop a wireless IP camera for both his work and to attach to his dog’s collar. So, he’s taken a Raspberry Pi Zero, a Pimoroni ZeroLipo and a RedBear IoT pHAT and soldered them altogether and…
Packt do a free e-book offer every day. Today it’s the turn of Daniel Bates’ Raspberry Pi Projects for Kids. I reviewed this book ages ago and gave it a solid 8.5/10 “if it had been cheaper”. Well, today it is, so get…
First of all, apologies for the lack of blog posts recently. I’ve been doing Pi Wars stuff and have been neglecting the blog. Only a couple of weeks, now! Ipswich Makerspace are organising a Raspberry Jam at The Waterfront Building…
Ben Nuttall is once again organising a Jam at Pi Towers. This one is on Saturday, 8th April from 10am-4pm at the premises on Station Road, Cambridge. Various Pi-related activities and workshops will be available. If you’re interested, head over…
A number of organisations are getting together to present the inaugural Norwich Raspberry Jam on the 27th May. I haven’t got loads of detail at the moment, but it looks like they’re expecting it to be a fairly large event…
Alex Eames, who was covered in a community profile yesterday, has used his RasPiO Inspiring system of bright LEDs in geometric shapes to create an illuminated pointing sign. He’s blogged about the mini-project, which involved some foam board, some…
Raspberry Pi has published online an article from issue 52 of The MagPi. It’s a community profile of my friend, Alex Eames (that’s him in the cheesy picture above!), who you probably know from RasPi.TV and RasPiO. Recently, he’s launched a…
