{"id":10783,"date":"2014-08-15T09:41:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T09:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10783"},"modified":"2014-08-15T09:41:55","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T09:41:55","slug":"hacking-a-15-r2-d2-with-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10783","title":{"rendered":"Hacking a 15&#8243; R2-D2 with the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.langleycreations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/r2_dome-288x300.jpg?resize=288%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oakland, California-based Andrew Langley has written a tutorial based on his experience hacking the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Star-Interactive-Astromech-Droid-Robot\/dp\/B001E95SQ2\" target=\"_blank\">15\u2033 Hasbro Interactive R2D2<\/a>. 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