Safety first: a Raspberry Pi safety helmet

Reading Time: 3 minutesJennifer Fox is back, this time with a Raspberry Pi Zero–controlled impact force monitor that will notify you if your collision is a worth a trip to the doctor. Make an Impact Force Monitor! Check out my latest Hacker in Residence project for SparkFun Electronics: the Helmet Guardian! It’s a Pi Zero powered impact force […]

Tinkernut’s hidden Coke bottle spy cam

Reading Time: 3 minutesGo undercover and keep an eye on your stuff with this brilliant secret Coke bottle spy cam from Tinkernut! Secret Coke Bottle SPY CAM! – Weekend Hacker #1803 SPECIAL NOTE*** THE FULL TUTORIAL WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK April Fools! What a terrible day. So many pranks. You can’t believe anything you read. People invading […]

Raspberry Pi aboard Pino, the smart sailboat

Reading Time: 3 minutesAs they sail aboard their floating game design studio Pino, Rekka Bellum and Devine Lu Linvega are starting to explore the use of Raspberry Pis. As part of an experimental development tool and a weather station, Pis are now aiding them on their nautical adventures! Mar 2018: A Smart Sailboat Pino is on its way […]

Build a solar-powered nature camera for your garden

Reading Time: 2 minutesSpring has sprung, and with it, sleepy-eyed wildlife is beginning to roam our gardens and local woodlands. So why not follow hackster.io maker reichley’s tutorial and build your own solar-powered squirrelhouse nature cam? Inspiration “I live half a mile above sea level and am SURROUNDED by animals…bears, foxes, turkeys, deer, squirrels, birds”, reichley explains in his tutorial. […]

The robotic teapot from your nightmares

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor those moments when you wish the cast of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast was real, only to realise what a nightmare that would be, here’s Paul-Louis Ageneau’s robotic teapot! See what I mean? Tale as old as time… It’s the classic story of guy meets digital killer teapot, digital killer teapot inspires him to […]

Barcode reader for visually impaired shoppers

Reading Time: 3 minutesTo aid his mother in reading the labels of her groceries, Russell Grokett linked a laser barcode reader to a Raspberry Pi Zero W to read out the names of scanned item. RASPBERRY PI TALKING BARCODE READER My mom is unable to read labels on grocery items anymore, so I went looking for solutions. After […]

N-O-D-E’s always-on networked Pi Plug

Reading Time: 3 minutesN-O-D-E’s Pi Plug is a simple approach to using a Raspberry Pi Zero W as an always-on networked device without a tangle of wires. Pi Plug 2: Turn The Pi Zero Into A Mini Server Today I’m back with an update on the Pi Plug I made a while back. This prototype is still in […]

Hacker House’s Zero W–powered automated gardener

Reading Time: 3 minutesAre the plants in your home or office looking somewhat neglected? Then build an automated gardener using a Raspberry Pi Zero W, with help from the team at Hacker House. Make a Raspberry Pi Automated Gardener See how we built it, including our materials, code, and supplemental instructions, on Hackster.io: https://www.hackster.io/hackerhouse/automated-indoor-gardener-a90907 With how busy our […]

e-paper pocket money tracker using Monzo pots

Reading Time: 3 minutesJason Barnett used the pots feature of the Monzo banking API to create a simple e-paper display so that his kids can keep track of their pocket money. Monzo For those outside the UK: Monzo is a smartphone-based bank that allows costumers to manage their money and payment cards via an app, removing the bank clerk […]

Zero WH: pre-soldered headers and what to do with them

Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you head over to the website of your favourite Raspberry Pi Approved Reseller today, you may find the new Zero WH available to purchase. But what it is? Why is it different, and what can you do with it? “If you like pre-soldered headers, and getting caught in the rain…” Raspberry Pi Zero WH […]