Kategorie: Linux
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Meet your new robotic best friend: the MiRo-E dog
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen you’re learning a new language, it’s easier the younger you are. But how can we show very young students that learning to speak code is fun? Consequential Robotics has an answer…The MiRo-E is an ’emotionally engaging’ robot platform that was created on a custom PCB and has since moved onto Raspberry…
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Embodied Axes is an Arduino-powered controller for 3D imagery and data visualizations in AR
Reading Time: 2 minutesEmbodied Axes is an Arduino-powered controller for 3D imagery and data visualizations in AR Arduino Team — May 25th, 2020 Researchers across several universities have developed a controller that provides tangible interaction for 3D augmented reality data spaces. The device is comprised of three orthogonal arms, embodying X, Y, and Z axes…
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This robot looks like a ball and transforms itself into a quadruped to move
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis robot looks like a ball and transforms itself into a quadruped to move Arduino Team — May 25th, 2020 Gregory Leveque has created an adorable 3D-printed robot that not only walks on four legs, but folds up into a ball when not in use. To accomplish this, the round quadruped utilizes…
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AirTouch: Pneumatic sensing for 3D prints
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAirTouch: Pneumatic sensing for 3D prints Arduino Team — May 22nd, 2020 3D printing allows us to make a wide variety of shapes, but adding interactive features generally means somehow strapping various electronics to them. The AirTouch project, however, presents an alternative option by enabling a fabricated object to sense up to…
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Create your own crack the code game with an Arduino-controlled safe
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCreate your own crack the code game with an Arduino-controlled safe Arduino Team — May 22nd, 2020 Michael Klements’ laser-cut, Arduino-controlled “safe” may not be the most secure model that you can find, but it certainly makes for a very entertaining puzzle. Users can place whatever “treasure” they want hidden inside, shut…
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The Raspberry Pi Press store is looking mighty fine
Reading Time: 3 minutesEagle-eyed Raspberry Pi Press fans might have noticed some changes over the past few months to the look and feel of our website. Today we’re pleased to unveil a new look for the Raspberry Pi Press website and its online store. Did you know? Raspberry Pi Press is the publishing imprint of…
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RIoT Brick
Reading Time: 3 minutesCloud computer engineer Alan regularly blogs about his Internet of Things inventions and has previously graced these pages with his Countdown-playing robot. “Building intrepid devices I can take along with me outdoors is the perfect way for me to combine my interests in one fell swoop,” he says. “I have been known…
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This electronic foosball goal system will make score markers a thing of the past
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis electronic foosball goal system will make score markers a thing of the past Arduino Team — May 21st, 2020 Like most of us, Joey Cumeras Khan has been stuck inside for the last couple of months. As a foosball fan, this not only meant plenty of time to play with his…
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Design your own Internet of Things with HackSpace magazine
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn issue 31 of HackSpace magazine, out today, PJ Evans looks at DIY smart homes and homemade Internet of Things devices. In the last decade, various companies have come up with ‘smart’ versions of almost everything. Microcontrollers have been unceremoniously crowbarred into devices that had absolutely no need for microcontrollers, and often…
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Sorry wizards, this pinball machine plays itself
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSorry wizards, this pinball machine plays itself Arduino Team — May 20th, 2020 As an enviable senior design project at Kennesaw State University, students Tyler Gragg, Kevin Kamperman, Cody Meier, and Omar Salazar Lima created their own autonomous pinball machine. As seen in the videos below, the table is not only nicely…
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New IoT Dashboard Widgets
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew IoT Dashboard Widgets Arduino Team — May 20th, 2020 If you’ve been following the development of the Arduino IoT Cloud closely, you have probably noticed that over the months the Dashboard features have been progressing by leaps and bounds. Sure, behind the scenes there’s work being done every day, but…
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Share your keyboard and mouse between computers with Barrier
Reading Time: 4 minutesDeclutter your desk by sharing your mouse and keyboard across multiple computers at once, including your Raspberry Pis, with Barrier. Raspberry Pi Director of Software Engineering, Gordon Hollingworth, shows you how. Barrier walkthrough Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://rpf.io/ytsub Help us reach a wider audience by translating our video content: http://rpf.io/yttranslate Buy…
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Make it rain chocolate with a Raspberry Pi-powered dispenser
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis fully automated M&M’s-launching machine delivers chocolate on voice command, wherever you are in the room. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsGhCl0y1FY] A quick lesson in physics To get our head around Harrison McIntyre‘s project, first we need to understand parabolas. Harrison explains: “If we ignore air resistance, a parabola can be defined as the arc…
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This color-changing lamp emulates a “touch” sensor with a microphone
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis color-changing lamp emulates a “touch” sensor with a microphone Arduino Team — May 18th, 2020 YouTuber “Peterbiglab” wanted an input for his DIY color-changing lamp, but didn’t want to use buttons or even have it detect claps, so he decided to make it respond to touch. Instead of using a capacitive…
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mechDOG, a 12-servo robotic pup
Reading Time: < 1 minutemechDOG, a 12-servo robotic pup Arduino Team — May 18th, 2020 Mech-Dickel Robotics has designed a beautiful quadruped robot dubbed mechDOG, which utilizes a dozen servos for motion. This gives each leg three degrees of freedom, allowing the cat-sized beast to travel a meter in 8.46 seconds. While it won’t break any…
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Learn JavaScript with Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 3 minutesNodeSchool Price: Free Link: NodeSchool NodeSchool is an astounding resource for learning not only JavaScript but many of the tools you need to get the most out of the experience. The tutorials available are installed as a series of command-line applications that allow you to create your code for real and then…
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Coolest Projects goes online and everyone is welcome!
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’re thrilled that Coolest Projects is taking place this summer as an online showcase, and registration opens today! Our world-leading technology fair usually takes place as a free face-to-face event, with thousands of young people coming together to showcase projects they’ve created. After making the tough decision to cancel the Coolest Projects…
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DIY MIDI Door
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe kit’s manual included an example circuit for controlling the brightness of an LED by turning a potentiometer knob. So Floyd took that basic concept and added a switch and a MIDI interface to the setup to enable it to control the pitch of musical notes played. DIY MIDI Door: Fast facts…
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Setting up two-factor authentication on your Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 7 minutesEnabling two-factor authentication (2FA) to boost security for your important accounts is becoming a lot more common these days. However you might be surprised to learn that you can do the same with your Raspberry Pi. You can enable 2FA on Raspberry Pi, and afterwards you’ll be challenged for a verification code…
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Beat boredom with an Alexa-controlled, face-tracking candy launcher
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeat boredom with an Alexa-controlled, face-tracking candy launcher Arduino Team — May 14th, 2020 As many of us are stuck at home these days due to COVID-19, Harrison McIntyre decided to do something fun and “make it rain candy.” What he came up with was a build that uses a flywheel to…
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CNC hot wire cutter moves with four axes
Reading Time: 2 minutesCNC hot wire cutter moves with four axes Arduino Team — May 14th, 2020 When working with Styrofoam, a conventional CNC machine like a router or laser cutter just won’t do. However, as shown in Michael Rechtin’s excellent video below, a hot wire can carve foam like butter, creating custom wings for…
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Help medical research with folding@home
Reading Time: 3 minutesDid you know: the first machine to break the exaflop barrier (one quintillion floating‑point operations per second) wasn’t a huge dedicated IBM supercomputer, but a bunch of interconnected PCs with ordinary CPUs and gaming GPUs. With that in mind, welcome to the [email protected] project, which is targeting its enormous power at COVID-19…