Richard Garsthagen took 40 Raspberry Pis, fitted them all with camera modules and then placed them in a circle. He then wrote a networked script to simultaneously take a picture of a static object, thus creating a device which can take a full 360-degree image. Linux User magazine has interviewed Richard and posted in online.
Martin O’Hanlon has been busy using the 3D Turtle graphics module he wrote to create fractal trees in Minecraft. I won’t say any more as there’s plenty of detail and code listings over on his website, but suffice to say it’s all very pretty. Give it a go by visiting Martin’s site and typing in the code!
Christopher Barnatt from ExplainingComputers.com has created a video in which he puts together a robot based on the Pololu Zumo chassis and a L298N H-bridge motor controller. Watch the video below:
Joonas Pihlajamaa has got hold of the two Pi camera modules – the normal one and the NoIR. He’s been experimenting with taking photos of close-up objects and has found the best way is to use reading glasses, as hinted at by someone on the Pi Forums. Read about his experience with the camera here.
Matt Hawkins has started the job of determining whether specific GPIO boards work with the new model B+ or not. He’s created a table listing some of the add-on boards and whether they work with the B+ (and how well). Great work Matt – he’s said he’ll keep it up to date so you can check before buying. See it here.
Ben over at Phenoptix has slaved away over a pinout diagram for the B+ that you can print out and push onto the GPIO pins, giving you an instant reference. Download from this page.
