On Saturday, 17th September 2016, myself and Tim Richardson welcomed over 200 people to the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge for our 13th (!) Cambridge Raspberry Jam. We are very lucky at the Institute to be able to have our talks…
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Cambridge Raspberry Jam – Live streaming Raspberry Pi talks today! – 11am – #rjam
We are live streaming (we hope!) from the Cambridge Raspberry Jam today. Talks start at 11am. Download or view the programme for the talks here. View the live stream here.
Raspberry Pi Zero used for the world’s smallest MAME Arcade Cabinet
Over at Adafruit, Philip Burgess has blogged about a marvellous little project involving a Raspberry Pi Zero. And when I say “little”, I mean “little”! They’ve used the Zero, together with a 0.96″ OLED display, an amplifier, some tiny speakers and…
Programming the Raspberry Pi and an Oculus Rift with VR Zero
At a CamJam long past, Wayne Keenan brought along a Raspberry Pi running a virtual reality demo viewed with an early version Oculus Rift. Looking something like the image above, it featured a brick pi symbol floating on a sea of green…
Using a Raspberry Pi to control a face-tracking desk fan
The Foundation have just blogged this nice little project from Instructables user DevinL9. He’s taken a Raspberry Pi, hooked it up to a servo and then used the servo to control the position of a small fan with a small webcam mounted…
Come on sleepy head, get out of bed with a Raspberry Pi
Jamie Dixon has trouble getting his youngest child out of bed. So, he grabbed hold of an old electric hospital bed that could be triggered to go almost vertical. He hooked it up to a servo and a Raspberry Pi…
Les Pounder reviews the Nexdock as a Raspberry Pi screen & controller
Les Pounder, a freelance writer for various Linux magazines (and all-round nice person!), recently backed Nexdock on IndieGoGo (just like I wish I had!). He received his unit a few days ago and has since been playing around with it getting…
Pack up your troubles in your old (gig) bag with a Raspberry Pi and Arduino
Martin Hertig took a guitar bag, hooked up an Arduino to the zips via conductive thread to make a MIDI controller and then added a Raspberry Pi into the mix to create his project, called Zippy. The Pi runs FluidSynth synthesizer…
St Louis Raspberry Jam – 15th October
Dmitri Nusinow is organising a Raspberry Jam on Saturday 15th October at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St Louis, MO, USA. The Jam will run from 12-4pm. Not much more detail on this one, as I think it’s…
PiPod Podcast – Episode 1 – Raspberry Pi news, products, crowdfunding, events and projects
Last night, I recorded the first in what I hope will be an ongoing series of podcasts. This is a new venture for me, so please be kind! 🙂 In episode 1, I cover the latest news in the world…