N O D E’s Handheld Linux Terminal

Reading Time: 3 minutesFit an entire Raspberry Pi-based laptop into your pocket with N O D E’s latest Handheld Linux Terminal build. The Handheld Linux Terminal Version 3 (Portable Pi 3) Hey everyone. Today I want to show you the new version 3 of the Handheld Linux Terminal. It’s taken a long time, but I’m finally finished. This […]

Make an Arduino-controlled boost gauge for your racing sim dash

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMake an Arduino-controlled boost gauge for your racing sim dash Arduino Team — October 18th, 2017 If you’re really serious about car racing games, at some point you may want to upgrade your instruments from being on-screen to physically residing in your living room. While this would appear to be an arduous task, displaying your […]

Join us for an evening of League of Legends

Reading Time: 3 minutesLast month, we shared the news that Riot Games is supporting digital literacy by matching 25% of sales of Championship Ashe and Championship Ward to create a charity fund that will benefit the Raspberry Pi Foundation and two other charities. Riot Games and CoderDojo CoderDojo and Riot Games have been developing the most glorious of […]

Antique organ speaks clues at an escape room

Reading Time: 2 minutesAntique organ speaks clues at an escape room Arduino Team — October 17th, 2017 When tasked with converting an antique pump organ—sort of a miniature version of a full-sized pipe organ—into part of an escape room puzzle, hacker Alec Smecher decided to turn it into a vocal MIDI device. To accomplish this, he embedded switches […]

More Raspberry Pi labs in West Africa

Reading Time: 4 minutesBack in May 2013, we heard from Dominique Laloux about an exciting project to bring Raspberry Pi labs to schools in rural West Africa. Until 2012, 75 percent of teachers there had never used a computer. The project has been very successful, and Dominique has been in touch again to bring us the latest news. […]

A Playmobil Wedding Band

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Playmobil Wedding Band Arduino Team — October 16th, 2017 Two of Boris Werner’s friends, both musicians, were getting married, so for a unique gift he decided on a miniature stage setup with a Playmobil bride and groom as the guitarists. After some research and ordering quite a few parts, he was able to construct […]

Manufacturing Astro Pi case replicas

Reading Time: 4 minutesTim Rowledge produces and sells wonderful replicas of the cases which our Astro Pis live in aboard the International Space Station. Here is the story of how he came to do this. Over to you, Tim! When the Astro Pi case was first revealed a couple of years ago, the collective outpouring of ‘Squee!’ it […]

Sean Hodgins’ Haunted Jack in the Box

Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter making a delightful Bitcoin lottery using a Raspberry Pi, Sean Hodgins brings us more Pi-powered goodness in time for every maker’s favourite holiday: Easter! Just kidding, it’s Halloween. Check out his hair-raising new build, the Haunted Jack in the Box. Haunted Jack in the Box – DIY Raspberry Pi Project This project uses a […]

BrailleBox: Android Things Braille news display

Reading Time: 2 minutesJoe Birch has built a simple device that converts online news stories to Braille, inspired by his family’s predisposition to loss of eyesight. He has based his BrailleBox on Android Things, News API, and a Raspberry Pi 3. The background Braille is a symbol system for people with visual impairment which represents letters and numbers […]

Be among the first to try the Arduino IDE 1.9 Beta

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday we’re very excited (and a bit nervous) to announce the new development cycle of the Arduino IDE. As you may have noticed, we’ve been continuously removing functionality from the Java package, and migrating them to a collection of external tools. We began this project by moving the build logic to arduino-builder, which now also […]

The Pi Hut’s 3D Xmas Tree pre-order

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe appreciate it’s only October, but hear us out. The Pi Hut’s 3D Xmas Tree is only available for pre-order until the 15th, and we’d hate for you to find out about it too late. So please share in a few minutes of premature Christmas cheer as we introduce you to this gorgeous kit. Oooo…aaaaahhhh… […]

An Arduino Mouse Wiggler!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn Arduino Mouse Wiggler! Arduino Team — October 10th, 2017 If, for whatever reason, you need your computer to stay awake without changing its settings, that’s easy—just remember to shake your mouse back and forth intermittently! If remembering to do that over and over seems like too much work, then here’s a simple solution: a […]

The CoderDojo Girls Initiative

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn March, the CoderDojo Foundation launched their Girls Initiative, which aims to increase the average proportion of girls attending CoderDojo clubs from 29% to at least 40% over the next three years. Six months on, we wanted to highlight what we’ve done so far and what’s next for our initiative. What we’ve done so far […]

Low-tech Raspberry Pi robot

Reading Time: 2 minutesRobot-builder extraordinaire Clément Didier is ushering in the era of our cybernetic overlords. Future generations will remember him as the creator of robots constructed from cardboard and conductive paint which are so easy to replicate that a robot could do it. Welcome to the singularity. Bare Conductive on Twitter This cool robot was made with […]

Fully-Mechanized Hulkbuster Toy Has a Full Iron Man Inside!!

Reading Time: < 1 minute„Because check the ‚action feature‘ of their upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron Iron Man Hulkbuster figure – the cockpit automatically opens in phenomenal detail, revealing a figure of Tony Stark in his normal armor inside! And his mask opens too! And the eyes of both armors manages to light up! Gah! We also have some […]

Geek Builds Real-Life PipBoy 3000A from Fall Out, Raspberry PipBoy!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Pip-Boy 3000 is a gadget that basically appears in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. It’s an electronic Personal Information Processor (PIP) manufactured by RobCo Industries in the mid-21st century, and acts as the HUD in the game. Now one geek has built a real-life version, minus the in-game functionality. Powered by Rasberry Pi, […]

Kano: A computer anyone can make

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA computer and coding kit for all ages, all over the world. Simple as Lego, powered by Pi. Make games, learn code, create the future. Update, 5,000 Backers: Thank you. We’re humbled, amazed, and committed to getting you your kits on schedule. To new potential backers, Kano kits are still available –pledge $119 to get one (with free worldwide […]

Building your Custom LEGO Raspberry Pi LEGO Case

Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom today’s HOW TO BUILD A CUSTOM RASPBERRY PI MINI PC to another challenge 😉 Little girl named ‚Biz‘ (age 12) from UK managed to make this Case first and also did a Tutorial for everyone. Official Raspberry Pi Site posted it already earlier last year.   Here come the instructions, from official Raspberry Pi Website: […]

This is what you need to build a solid Raspberry PI Mini PC

Reading Time: 3 minutesSo let’s beginn, we choose our Austrian Resellers, but it’s more about the configuration: -Raspberry Pi Typ B 512MB: 27,40€ http://raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com/product/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-type-b/raspberry-pi-type-b-single-board-computer-512mb/7568308.aspx -Samsung 8GB MicroSD,Adapter,Rasp Pi OS Pre-Installed: € 10,48 http://raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com/product/rs/8gb-microsd-with-adapter-and-raspberry-pi-os-installed/7796770.aspx -Edimax Wireless Nano USB-Adapter:  € 11,00 http://raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com/product/edimax/ew-7811un/edimax-wireless-nano-usb-adapter/7603621.aspx -Micro USB Power Supply Adapter,5V,2A: € 7,01 http://raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com/product/rs/hnp10i-microusb/micro-usb-multi-head-power-supply-for-raspberry-pi/7653311.aspx -OPTIONAL FROM RS / Camera Module for Raspberry Pi: € 20,36 http://raspberrypi.rsdelivers.com/product/raspberry-pi/camera-module/raspberry-pi-hd-video-camera-module/7757731.aspx -Cyntech Pink […]