This robotic tongue drummer bangs out all the ambient hits

Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you like to listen to those “deep focus” soundtracks that are all ambient and relaxing, then you’ve heard a tongue drum in action. A tongue drum, or tank drum, is a unique percussion instrument traditionally made from an empty propane cylinder — though purpose-built models are now common. Several tongues are cut into one […]

Using an Arduino Nicla Vision as a drone flight controller

Reading Time: 2 minutesDrone flight controllers do so much more than simply receive signals and tell the drone which way to move. They’re responsible for constantly tweaking the motor speeds in order to maintain stable flight, even with shifting winds and other unpredictable factors. For that reason, most flight controllers are purpose-built for the job. But element14’s Milos […]

KIWI digital KVM review

Reading Time: 2 minutesPlug ‘n’ play There is a little bit of noticeable lag when working over KIWI. The mouse cursor feels a little bit like it’s being dragged through mud, although keyboard inputs feel more responsive. It’s faster than Raspberry Pi Connect at least, but we wouldn’t want to be doing any twitch FPS gaming using it. […]

MIDI Blaster

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSony Watchman cyberdeck 8 days ago. From 1982 to 2000 Sony also made a line of pocket TVs, which didn’t catch on as much in the UK (who wants to walk around glued to a tiny portable screen, eh?). These devices, collectively called the Sony Watchman, came in many, many variants as screen technology evolved […]

This DIY standing desk controller provides luxury car-style memory settings

Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the best features you’ll find on a fancy luxury car is seat position memory. Typically, there are at least two profiles that “save” the position of the seat. When switching drivers, the new seat occupant can simply push the button for their profile and the seat will automatically move to their saved position. […]

Why kids still need to learn to code in the age of AI 

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday we’re publishing a position paper setting out five arguments for why we think that kids still need to learn to code in the age of artificial intelligence. Generated using ChatGPT. Just like every wave of technological innovation that has come before, the advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are raising profound questions about the future […]

Young tech creators take over Bradford at Coolest Projects UK

Reading Time: 5 minutesBradford was buzzing with excitement this May as over 170 young digital makers from across the UK gathered for Coolest Projects UK 2025 at the Life Centre to celebrate the amazing things young people create with technology. Run by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and hosted by BBC science presenter Greg Foot, the free, in-person event […]

Bridging the divide: Connecting global communities with Experience AI

Reading Time: 6 minutesFrom smart devices to workplace tools, AI is becoming part of everyday life and a major part of how people are thinking about the future — raising big questions about access, skills, and readiness. As governments around the world create AI strategies for the decade ahead, many are seeing an urgent need to address the […]

Beyond phone bans: Empowering students to critically navigate and reimagine technology

Reading Time: 6 minutesAmidst heated discussion of smartphones and their impacts on young people’s lives, it’s become a frequent recommendation to ban phones in schools. Below I summarise the research evidence on smartphone bans (it’s mixed) and share tips for computing educators on how to constructively address the topic with their learners and empower them to think critically […]

Teaching digital literacy without devices

Reading Time: 5 minutesLack of access to devices presents teachers with challenges in any setting. In schools, money is often limited and digital technology may not be the priority when buildings need maintenance or libraries need replenishing. This issue is particularly important when the very subject you teach relies on and relates to devices that you may have […]

Experience CS: A safe, creative way to teach computing

Reading Time: 3 minutesExperience CS is our new free curriculum that helps elementary and middle school educators (working with students aged 8 to 14) teach computer science with confidence through creative, cross-curricular lessons and projects. Designed for teachers, by teachers, Experience CS is built to be easy to use in classrooms, with everything you need integrated into one […]

Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny Remastered – Interview mit Director Motohide Eshiro

Reading Time: 4 minutesMit dem Franchise-Revival Onimusha: Way of the Sword in aktiver Entwicklung ist das Interesse an der Onimusha-Reihe für PlayStation 2 erneut aufgeflammt. Während ein Remaster des Originals Onimusha: Warlords schon seit einiger Zeit erhältlich ist, kündigte Capcom kürzlich an, dass auch Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny ein Remaster erhalten wird – mit Veröffentlichung am 23. Mai. […]

Make World Book Day interactive with Google Play Books.Make World Book Day interactive with Google Play Books.Director, Product Management, Google Play Books

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo celebrate World Book Day on April 23rd, Google Play Books provides tools to make reading extra engaging for families and children. Here are two ways we’re creating a fun and rewarding space for future bookworms: A modern twist on storytime with Read and Listen: Google Play Books‘ Read and Listen feature brings stories to […]

Days Gone Remastered setzt auf Barrierefreiheit

Reading Time: 5 minutesDie Veröffentlichung von Days Gone Remastered steht kurz bevor und wir freuen uns, euch unsere erweiterten Barrierefreiheitsfunktionen vorstellen zu können. Auf der Grundlage unserer Basisliste von Days Gone im Jahr 2019 haben wir die Weiterentwicklung und Verbesserung der Barrierefreiheit priorisiert, um das Spielerlebnis zugänglicher und anpassbarer zu machen, wenn ihr euch am 25. April auf […]

PlayStation 5 in Einzelteilen: Ein Blick ins Innere der fortschrittlichsten PlayStation-Konsole aller Zeiten

Reading Time: 10 minutesDie PlayStation 5 Pro-Konsole – die bisher innovativste PlayStation-Konsole – bringt euer Spielerlebnis auf den nächsten Level mit Features wie einem verbesserten Grafikprozessor, fortschrittlichem Raytracing und PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) – eine KI-gesteuerte Upscaling-Technologie, die ein gestochen scharfes Bild bei Gameplay mit hoher Bildfrequenz liefert. Heute schauen wir uns den inneren Aufbau der Konsole […]

Arduino is at work to make bio-based PCBs!

Reading Time: 4 minutesApril 22 is Earth Day – a powerful reminder of our shared responsibility to preserve the planet for future generations. While the call for climate action grows louder, Arduino is committed to making sustainability an ongoing priority through concrete projects and global collaborations every day of the year. One of the most exciting steps in […]

This custom flight joystick provides force feedback with stepper motors

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe joysticks found on ordinary controllers are quite simple, and as a result, they fail to provide much in the way of haptic feedback for the user. This is especially tough in racing or flight simulator games where making sharp turns should require a greater amount of force. YouTuber zeroshot’s project aimed to overcome this […]

FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves – So entfesselt ihr eure besten Combos

Reading Time: 4 minutesHallo zusammen! Ich bin Yasuyuki Oda, Producer von FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves (CotW). Das Entwicklerteam und ich möchten euch heute einen Überblick darüber geben, wie ihr das REV-System effektiv einsetzt, um selbst die stärksten Gegner zu bezwingen. Wir zeigen euch außerdem einige spektakuläre Combos und geben euch einen Ausblick auf die Charaktere, die […]

How we’re helping Google Play developers deliver better user experiences through improved performance insights.How we’re helping Google Play developers deliver better user experiences through improved performance insights.Director of Product Management, Google Play

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re sharing the latest Google Play Console updates that make it easier for developers to gain actionable performance insights and deliver better user experiences. Highlights include: A redesigned app dashboard that puts important metrics front and center New pre-review checks and Android vitals quality metrics, including an excessive wake locks metric that identifies potential battery […]

This machine helps to experimentally find an estimation of absolute zero

Reading Time: 2 minutesHow can we ever really know anything? If you listen to the anti-science types, you might believe that we can’t. But if you get past Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, you can start identifying basic truths, through logic and experiments, on which to build upon. One important foundational building block is absolute zero. Most of […]

Overwatch 2: Stadion-Modus bringt frischen Wind ins Spielgeschehen

Reading Time: 4 minutesOverwatch 2 steht kurz davor, die größte neue Spielweise seit der ersten Ankündigung von Overwatch im Jahr 2014 zu veröffentlichen. Der neue Modus „Stadion“ ist ein Best-of-7-Modus, in dem du deine Held:innen über mehrere Runden hinweg mit stärkeren Fähigkeiten aufrüsten und so die Bedeutung des Gameplays von Overwatch neu definieren kannst. In einem Fünferteam verdienst […]

5 Gründe, warum ihr Days Gone Remastered unbedingt spielen müsst

Reading Time: 5 minutesEine globale Pandemie hat die Zivilisation fast vollständig ausgelöscht und die wenigen Überlebenden, die der schrecklichen Seuche entkommen sind, werden von tödlichen Freakern bedroht: Infizierte, die sich in Horden zusammenrotten und gnadenlos Jagd auf die letzten Menschen machen. In dem postapokalyptischen Action-Abenteuer von Bend Studios schlüpft ihr in die Rolle des gesetzlosen Bikers Deacon St. […]